The full text chain for the bombing in Yemen was published by The Atlantic and it is not something the Trump administration has been able to adequately explain. In fact, they tried to flat out lie it away.
Secretary of defense Pete Hegseth said this when asked: “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.”
He’s parsing words. It wasn’t a war because no one fought back. It was an attack on targets who were in civilian infrastructure. One target was said to be at his girlfriend’s apartment. Why did the U.S. consider the other people living there to be acceptable collateral kills? Assassinations and bombing civilians is against international law.
What’s more, it seems like these were piloted aircraft with weapons that were fired remotely.
This is not fighting terrorism. It is terrorism. Why did the Trump administration do it and why did they do it so goonishly?
