Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Uses 'Fog of War' Defense for Refrigerator Incident
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Summary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked the 'fog of war' concept to explain why he urinated inside a Pentagon break room refrigerator, describing it as a split-second operational judgment made under rapidly evolving conditions. He argued that under the intense pressure of warfare, it can be nearly impossible to distinguish between a porcelain urinal and a white refrigerator, and that civilians cannot understand the decision-making challenges in such situations.
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Civilians can never understand what it's like to be in the t
Describing the incident as a split-second operational judgment made under rapidly evolving conditions
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