Iranian officials said the strikes caused significant damage, including killing four people and injuring several dozens at a wedding. Iran said it retaliated by firing on U.S. bases in the region.
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Army Secretary resigns as lawmakers escalate Iran strikes, with White House warnings on Hegseth left unread
As it ran on the front
Every so often, the machinery of government lurches forward like an old sedan missing half its spark plugs. This week, we find the Army Secretary resigning (28), not with a bang but a whimper, while lawmakers continue tit-for-tat strikes with Iran (30), and the U.S. strikes Iranian targets over mines in the Strait of Hormuz (8). In the background, sources report that the Army secretary had been frequently warning the White House about Hegseth (14), but the warnings seem to have disappeared into the void.
That sequence—resignation, escalation, ignored warnings—carries the classic stamp of institutional drift. The person holding the lever steps away, the levers keep moving, and the paperwork piles up unread. The signals are clear enough: the war machine stays on autopilot, even as the pilots cycle through, and the memos about who to watch out for stack up like unpaid bills. If you wonder who’s steering, check the inbox for unread warnings.…
…(cont) In this arrangement, you get the sense that war is a process, not an event: leaders come and go, the strikes continue, and the institutional memory resets at the start of every cycle. The machinery churns on, and what’s at stake is not just who’s in charge, but whether anyone is left who remembers which button does what. The fold is the punchline: the outbox is empty, and the inbox is full. The mechanism is rug-pull—leadership transition in the middle of escalation, warnings left unread. The reader is left to decide if the machine can run on its own, or if the pile of unread memos is the only record anyone keeps.
“They keep firing missiles while the Army chief walks out, and the White House warnings pile up in the inbox. You'd think someone would check the outbox before hitting send. The stakes are war and whoever's left to run it.”
“Leadership transitions are perfectly normal, especially in times of heightened military activity, which shows we're adapting quickly. The warnings are just the usual paperwork, nothing to worry about—wait, did I say warnings? I meant suggestions. It's basically business as usual.”
The receipts
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation Monday after months of friction with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. CBS News' Eleanor Watson has more.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned early last week at one of the busiest moments for the service since the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. forces struck Iran on Tuesday, the second series of attacks in three days. Meanwhile, lawmakers reacted to the resignation of U.S.
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