Pete Hegseth spent the last year purging the "Civilian Protection Center of Excellence," reducing its staff by 90%. He claimed these offices didn't contribute to "lethality."

Now, after the horrific strike that killed 170 schoolgirls in Iran, the Pentagon is "unable to confirm" its involvement. Why? Because the assessment team was reduced from 10 experts to one.

We are watching the deliberate dismantling of military oversight in real-time. When you remove the people who investigate war crimes, you aren't making the military "more lethal"—you're making it more lawless.