...as struck in the opening hours. One news cycle of photographs, then the "broader strategic picture" takes over. It has always worked this way. The target list, investigators found, was a decade out of date. The school had been partitioned off from the IRGC base since 2016 — any updated imagery would have shown it. Hegseth had cut the Pentagon's civilian harm office by 90% before the first missile flew. March 2003. "Shock and Awe" over Baghdad. The plan: six weeks, a grateful nation, a bloo...