A message from Jim Wright

[wataru330]

The above references the fact that trump administration cabinet level officials, were using Signal- a messaging app, to discuss the war plans being made against Houthi rebels…attacks that were ultimately carried out this week irl…and had cc’d a reporter inadvertently…who then *leaked* the plans *before* they happened.

This is unconscionable, and what happens when a former Fox News host that hasn’t scrubbed his work phone, is picked and confirmed to run the Pentagon.

 

[wyo]

OK, calm down Xavier Jr.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

^Vatnik

 

[Lagduf]

OK, calm down Xavier Jr.

lol

The highest levels of our government are staffed by actual retards.

So nothing new really.

 

[SouthtownKid]

were using Signal- a messaging app to make war-plans against Houthi rebels

Oh, I didn't know that's what the app was made for. Seems oddly specific and for a very limited audience.

 

[SouthtownKid]

Also, what's with half the people pronouncing it HOO-THEE and the other half pronouncing it HOOTIE? Can we please get an official ruling from an arabic-speaker here?

 

[SouthtownKid]

Hell, at least one of you guys probably is a Houthi.

 

[LoneSage]

Houthi and the Blowfish ALLAHU ACKBAR WE RUN THE SHIPPING CORRIDOR NOW ALALALALALALAAL

 

[Lagduf]

No one fucking cares how it’s pronounced because not only are they from YEMEN they’re also Muslim.

 

[SouthtownKid]

well, they were from yemen

 

[wataru330]

Oh, I didn't know that's what the app was made for. Seems oddly specific and for a very limited audience.

Fixed original post, and fired my Editor.

 

[wataru330]

An excerpt from the Signal chat, and editorial analysis from The Atlantic:

At 11:44 a.m. eastern time, Hegseth posted in the chat, in all caps, “TEAM UPDATE:”

The text beneath this began, “TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.” Centcom, or Central Command, is the military’s combatant command for the Middle East. The Hegseth text continues:

“1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”

“1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)”
********
Let us pause here for a moment to underscore a point. This Signal message shows that the U.S. secretary of defense texted a group that included a phone number unknown to him—Goldberg’s cellphone—at 11:44 a.m. This was 31 minutes before the first U.S. warplanes launched, and two hours and one minute before the beginning of a period in which a primary target, the Houthi “Target Terrorist,” was expected to be killed by these American aircraft.

If this text had been received by someone hostile to American interests—or someone merely indiscreet, and with access to social media—the Houthis would have had time to prepare for what was meant to be a surprise attack on their strongholds. The consequences for American pilots could have been catastrophic.

 

[wataru330]

But, her emails!

 

[Taiso]

You okay, buddy?

 

[wataru330]

With what is going on?

Nope.

Not one bit.

 

[Taiso]

So what are you going to do about it?

 

[wyo]

I don't care about "her emails" or this incident, which both had the same effect on our national security, ie. none.

 

[wataru330]

So what are you going to do about it?

I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against enemies both foreign, and domestic…twice.

I may just end up moving to Curaçao, because active US civic involvement feels like pissing up a rope-for over a decade now.

 

[Taiso]

I guess what I'm trying to say is that being so angry that you feel the need to go off about it here is not healthy.

We get it. Shit sucks.

But between you and Jro going off about commercials, I'm concerned and not trolling you. It's not good for your mental health and people need you.

 

[wataru330]

I appreciate your concern. I need to unplug.

 

[wyo]

Remember kids: bombing people on behalf of Israel is fine, just don't post about it on the group chat.

 

[Lagduf]

Sorry Wyo, no one said that.