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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T02:55:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://40yrs.blogspot.com",
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  "textContent": "> When Pete Hegseth Says “Lethality” He’s Talking About Killing Iranian School Girls\n>\n>> —Dean Baker, stating the obvious about what it means when SecDef Hegseth brags that our military not be constrained by \"Woke\" rules of engagement.\n\n> I’m going to give our “Secretary of War” a little credit. I will assume that even someone as openly bloodthirsty as Hegseth would not deliberately blow up a school building filled with little girls. But this tragic accident, that led to the death of at least 165 Iranian girls between the ages of 7 and 12, was the direct result of Hegseth’s policy.\n>\n> The main point of the “woke” rules of engagement that Hegseth has constantly derided, and told the military to ignore, is to prevent tragic accidents like the bombing of a girls’ school in the middle of the day. The rules are designed to try to minimize civilian casualties.\n\nYou give Hegseth more credit than I would. I think that the Trump administration likes the idea of killing civilian noncombatants.",
  "title": "Headline of the Day",
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