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AverageOldGuy

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24. WTF?????????????????????

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:27 PM

Mar 7

So -- will a pair of Survivor Assistance Officers visit the family and say: "We are sorry to tell you this but we think your husband was killed in action but we can't be certain, we just have this mangled body and it looks like him. We'll get back to you when we know more."

SWEETFUCKINGJESUS the entire Trump cabal is stupid, insane, devoid of morality . . . but we knew that.

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This is an actual Pentagon press release. "An Army believed to be casualty...the believed to be death" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 OP

OMG! I had to check. Unbelievable. -eom vanessa_ca Mar 7 #1

Fuck trump. mercuryblues Mar 7 #2

What is a believed to be death? SSJVegeta Mar 7 #3

pending confirmation of ID by the ME... WarGamer Mar 7 #25

The callous incompetence is digusting UpInArms Mar 7 #4

Be Best. chowder66 Mar 7 #5

Don't they use the term "MIA" (missing in action) if they're not sure a servicemember is KIA (killed in action)? sop Mar 7 #6

Although I'm not fluent in gibberish, it appears they know someone is dead, rsdsharp Mar 7 #13

I've seen better instructions come with a toaster leftstreet Mar 7 #7

Was this press released compiled by an inferior version of AI? Baitball Blogger Mar 7 #8

I think you may be on to something here. It really could be AI generated gibberish. flashman13 Mar 7 #14

They're using AI to write death announcements Johnny2X2X Mar 7 #15

They are so incompetent! surfered Mar 7 #9

Every last one of them. LoisB Mar 7 #21

Problem can probably be fixed by a new $1.5 trillion defense budget dalton99a Mar 7 #10

I think they are trying to dance around the fact that there is very little of rzemanfl Mar 7 #11

This is an accurate reflection of their level of respect. nt Maru Kitteh Mar 7 #12

Yes. LudwigPastorius Mar 7 #16

Used to be the "Oxford comma". Now it's just "Slop words and punctuations" erronis Mar 7 #17

54 year old reservest ffs nt hibbing Mar 7 #18

I would bet two month's rent AI generated that headline. pat_k Mar 7 #19

How recently madamesilverspurs Mar 7 #20

Someone has been drinking with the boss Bev54 Mar 7 #22

"We found somebody not alive, cause of death unknown, possibly a service member?" Buddyzbuddy Mar 7 #23

WTF????????????????????? AverageOldGuy Mar 7 #24

This makes no sense MustLoveBeagles Mar 7 #26