War Texts: To Laugh or to Cry?

(Updated/PS added) 

So ... the Trump administration accidentally texted war plans - bombing of Iranian-backed Youthi rebels in Yemen -  to The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg - and we know this because Jeff wrote an article literally called "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans."   

😂😂😂

Oh, Lordy - it's actually not funny, but if you don't laugh, you'll cry.

Now, at first, the Trump administration denied everything, with Pete Hegseth stating 2 days ago that "nobody was texting war plans" and blaming The Atlantic editor/reporter, calling him "deceitful" and "discredited" and the whole thing a "hoax."

(Well, what did you expect an active alcoholic to do, take personal responsibility?)

* I have replaced my original video with the full interview.

Shhhhhh, you should shush now, Petey, you're busted. As for hoaxes, we're all hoping your unqualified appointment as Secretary of Defense - nay, your very existence - is a hoax.

Trump first said nobody reads The Atlantic anyway.

Okay, I do - or I did, until I reached my limit of free articles. 😂

Well, Trump - if they didn't read The Atlantic before, they do now!  😂

Perhaps you meant that nobody that you know reads, period.

Today, some are finally admitting it -  blaming an assistant to National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, for adding the reporter to the group chat, with Trump calling them "stupid."

Well, if that ain't the pot calling the kettle, but ... he IS right.

(Write this day down -  one of the exceedingly rare times I agreed with Trump.)

Oh, boys - a word, please?

Why y'all texting this sh*t to each other rather than face-to-face, from the security of The Situation Room?

Anything can be hacked - you know this.

Kinda makes Hilary's national security emails from a private server at home a moot point, doesn't it?  😉

Hehehe

Now -  I can't say that I've never texted the wrong thing to the wrong person.

Once, when still waking up from sedation from a colonoscopy, I texted that they found 3 polyps to my former neighbor instead of the thread with my little sister and my mom. 😂

She was like "What??? Are you okay?"

Oooooops!

And I was okay - the pathology results later showed one had been precancerous, but it was removed. 

Well, at least I had waking up from anesthesia as an excuse, that time.

Another time, I texted a DNA reveal and a very tense family situation that was supposed to go to my friend, instead to my "honorary" son, B- who works for the Department of Defense and has a secure cell phone!

Whups!

I have no excuse for that one, except that I was texting on two threads at the same time and I was totally stressed out.

(Again, you gotta laugh or you'll cry.)

But then again, I'm not in charge of highly classified national security information, and if I was, I highly doubt I'd be texting anyone about it?

I also don't think I ever texted the wrong thing on a group thread, though I've seen it happen, but never say never - I usually check who's on it before I do.

And this is why free press is so important versus government (Trump)-controlled press.

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PS - In case you still think Goldberg is lying or overselling what he had, as JD Vance claims, Goldberg just published the full text thread at The Atlantic !

(Go Goldberg!)

And it's really, really bad - because, in fact, it DOES give detailed specifics on the strike.

For instance, this from Pete Hegseth himself, is a bombshell (pun intended):

TEAM UPDATE: 

“TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.” 

“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)" 

“1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)” 

“1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets)” 

“1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.” 

“MORE TO FOLLOW (per timeline)” 

“We are currently clean on OPSEC." 

“Godspeed to our Warriors.”

Dahummmn, that's damning.  

If you had asked me 20 years ago if I'd be viewing actual national security communication between presidential cabinet officials myself, I wouldn't have believed this was even possible.

Oh, but it is - especially when unqualified people are in charge.

There is currently a Senate hearing on the matter - let's see if the GOP-majority Senate breaks their recent track record and actually finds both their moral compass and the cajones to do the right thing?

Not holding my breath ...