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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran

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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 4d

The truth hurts—but we must always look inward. Or else what does it mean to be the leader of the free world? My commentary for @theintercept.com on @amnesty.org’s report on the U.S. campaign in Yemen under Trump and Hegseth and the killing of 61 migrants in a U.S. strike.

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 4d

theintercept.com/2025/10/28/t...

#LethalitywithoutRestraint #InternationalLaw #Transparency #Accountability

Trump’s Yemen Strike Killed 61 Immigrants and No Combatants

The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.

theintercept.com

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 4d

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

“I don’t see how Amazon can make a claim of not being complicit in killing,” said Bryant, who previously led civilian harm assessments at the Pentagon, “even if they don’t fully know what everything is used for.”

theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

I provided analysis and research for this extensive report by @theintercept.com on Amazon’s involvement in Israel’s military apparatus and the use of its technologies in the war in Gaza.

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

Is Amazon complicit in the atrocities in Gaza? Even as they declare a commitment to preventing “adverse human rights impacts”?

#Amazon #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine #GazaGenocide

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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

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#HumanRights #NoDueProcess #InternationalLaw #Cartels #DrugDealersNotTerrorists #SummaryExecution

Admiral’s Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil

The sudden departure of Adm. Alvin Holsey has caused dismay in the U.S. Southern Command.

theintercept.com

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

I offered insight into the unprecedented resignation of the commander of U.S. Southern Command.

“I can only guess, and frankly hope, that his resignation was in protest,” said Bryant … “Time will reveal that, but I find his silence so far even more telling.”

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 9d

I spoke with @theintercept.com on the ongoing U.S. strikes in the Caribbean now creeping into the Pacific, the Trump administration’s disregard for both the rule of law and restraint in the use of military force, and Hegseth’s dismantling of civilian harm mitigation efforts…

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 10d

Through both Democrat and Republican administrations, America has been wholly complicit in the atrocities carried out in Gaza. When the killing finally truly stops—accountability must follow.

#GazaGenocide #IsraelPalestine #WarCrimes #NotInOurName

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve monitored Israel’s conduct in Gaza for over two years and the fact pattern is clear. The Israeli military intentionally targets civilians. The Israeli military routinely commits war crimes. There continues to be zero accountability…

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 10d

“It demonstrates, at the very least, this culture, this pattern of recklessness on part of the IDF.”

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 10d

All while being live streamed on Arabic news and with overhead surveillance by an Israeli quadcopter…

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 10d

Netanyahu again: “A tragic mishap.”

I provided analysis to Reuters and @washingtonpost.com in their extensive investigations into Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed 22, including journalists and first responders…

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12d

“When we have this demonization of an entire people, when Netanyahu stands up and says that there will never be a Palestinian state—I do not see how any peace deal will be successful in the long term.”

#GazaGenocide #IsraelPalestine #PeaceDeal

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12d

There is one simple truth that has given rise to the atrocities we’ve seen unfold in Gaza and is the reason why, under current Israeli leadership, any real peace is unattainable…

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12d

I joined Rana Abtar on The Washington Report on Bloomberg’s Asharq الشرق News to talk about Gaza, the ceasefire, and recent efforts toward peace…

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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12d

“When we have this demonization of an entire people, when Netanyahu stand up and says that there will never be a Palestinian state—I do not see how any peace deal will be successful in the long term.”

#GazaGenocide #IsraelPalestine #PeaceDeal

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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12d

There is one simple truth that has given rise to the atrocities we’ve seen unfold in Gaza and is the reason why, under current Israeli leadership, any real peace is unattainable…

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 14d

#NoKings
Untill the end.

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 23d

Brandt wrote that by nominating Hitler he wanted to, “by the use of irony suggest a Peace Prize to Hitler and by that nail him to the wall of shame as enemy number one of peace in the world.”

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 23d

“Adolf Hitler is by all means the authentic God-given fighter for peace, and millions of people all over the world put their hopes in him as the Prince of Peace on earth.”
— Swedish Parliamentarian and anti-fascist Erik Brandt, 1939

www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitl...

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · Oct 2

#MilitaryEthics #RulesofEngagement #WarCrimes #RemoveHegseth #RemoveTrump

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · Oct 2

There's a lot to break down in Hegseth's performative address to our military leadership and Trump's equally concerning rhetoric that followed. In my commentary for @politico.com, I focus on their many dangerous assertions on military use of force and rules of engagement.

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · Sep 27

Full report:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

#IsraelPalestine #GazaAtrocities #Truth #HistoryhasitsEye

Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran @wesjbryant.bsky.social · Sep 27

The majority of those killed were hit in a second attack after they had rushed to aid the casualties of the first strike and were being live-streamed on Arabic news as the IDF deliberately struck a second time, killing nearly all of them.