Ryan McBeth
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Maximum Lethality, Not Tepid Legality: A Confession?
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Did Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confess to a war crime on camera?
No. But the claim raises a much more important question about how the United States selects targets, protects civilians, and prepares for a large-scale war against an adversary such as Russia or China.
In this video, I respond to a viral video from @ohhthatsrich about the defunding of the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, or CPCE. We look at what the organization actually did, whether its closure contributed to the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, Iran, and why every American military target still goes through legal review.
I also explain the difference between counterinsurgency operations and Large-Scale Combat Operations. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States could surveil a target for days or weeks and send strike decisions far up the chain of command. In a war against Russia or China, a missile launcher may only be visible for a few minutes—and commanders may have to decide whether to strike even when civilians or protected buildings are nearby.
That does not mean civilian casualties do not matter. It means war forces commanders to make decisions with incomplete information, limited time, and consequences either way.
This is not a takedown of @ohthatsrich. I contacted him while preparing the video, and he reviewed the script. This is a lesson about targeting, legal review, civilian harm mitigation, and why military organizations designed for the last war may not be suited for the next one.
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