Not whether the photo was AI or not, and not whether he has fallen for it if it was.
It's still a strong comment on the situation likely formed from watching the dynamics of the situation in play on video from somebody that has experience in volatile policing of real and quasi war zones.
It's strength is from pushing back on the Miller-time obvious propaganda.
Where it falls down is engaging in fighting bald untruths and memes from the Whitehouse with likely more of the same.
In our part of the world, as in any part, we do bad things, our people do bad things, but we endeavour to hold their feet to fire when they do:
It's disapointing to see the official Whitehouse feeds being used for clowning about wrt serious events and the first response to tragedy being to obviously lie and deny.
Does that, in fact, mean that "the general has fallen for an AI hoax photo"?
What if it were posted in the full knowledge it was shitty AI assisted upscale still image generated from poor resolution cell footage from a distance?
The striking thing about the US forum discussions of the seceral ICE incidents including the two killings, both here on HN and elsewhere is the laser like focus on small details in a tiny windows of time.
There's scant attention paid to the bigger picture in which a small group has worked for a long time to stack the Supreme Court, find the right POTUS to front, and work to incite unrest in "enemy states".
What if it were posted in the full knowledge it was shitty AI assisted upscale still image generated from poor resolution cell footage from a distance?
Reduction of the response to the level of the Whitehouse which has been posting totally doctored images for much of 2025 + 2026.
> You get why that would be worse, right?
You understand this discussion has been implicit since the initial comment I first made above when I first referred to the image?
I dare say we come from different English as a First Language countries as you appear to be fixated on hammering out the obvious as if I was unaware.
Returning to your assertion that the image poster, General 'Tony' Thomas "has fallen for an AI hoax photo" I would ask you:
* was he really unaware this was a processed image?
* does that matter?
* does this affect his messaging, that in his opinion the state is executing civilians?
It's been kind of totally completely obvious to the meanest intellect from the outside looking in that the US has been circling down the drain of reduced attention span and increased meme battles for, what, a good decade at least now?
It's now hit the highest echelons and become embedded in both sides of the aisle and the military .. has SCOTUS started filing memes yet?
