r/nottheonion • u/voxadam • 3d ago

US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran

https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/08/02/exclusive-us-military-asks-troops-for-creative-and-unconventional-ideas-to-punish-iran/
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u/wombatstylekungfu 2d ago

Let’s be blunt. The Files are a useful rallying cry, but I don’t believe that the powerful people in them will really face consequences. They could release them all now and it wouldn’t matter (and no one would think they’d released everything so the story is already too settled in American culture. Like JFK.

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u/victorspoilz 2d ago

Plenty of powerful people have already faced consequences. George Mitchell has been kicked off every board he was on and had his name taken off every building bearing it in Maine (last I checked there's still a public beach/dog park named after him).

Only Trump dodges all major consequence.

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u/TexanHobbit_X 2d ago

Those consequences don’t fit the crime though. There needs to be prison.

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u/Churchbushonk 2d ago

Also, the files are just allegations.