Pentagon change in mission statement

For at least two decades, the Department of Defense has explicitly defined its mission on its website as providing “the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.” But earlier this year, it quietly changed that statement, perhaps suggesting a more ominous approach to national security.

The Pentagon’s official website now defines its mission this way: “The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide a lethal Joint Force to defend the security of our country and sustain American influence abroad.”

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To me, this reflects one of the most obvious changes since Trump took office: the gloves are off. America is now free to say out loud what it has always pretended it was too noble and high minded to do, which all along, it was actually doing it.

"Perhaps suggesting," is just more weasel reporting.  If modern journalism were what it should be, we might not have had to suffer the disconnect from reality that has led us into a deep decay of democracy and responsibility.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.