The use of Signal to plan a military strike on Yemen—especially with a journalist accidentally included—exposes profound legal and ethical failures, captured in this artwork’s jagged composition. Military operations are bound by strict chains of command and international law, yet here, encrypted texts replace official protocols, blurring statecraft and recklessness. The central magnifying lens hovers over what resembles a strike schedule, suggesting oversight that never materializes, while tangled black wires and a toy bomber evoke improvised, opaque decision-making. Such casual deliberations bypass the Geneva Conventions’ requirements for proportionality, distinction, and necessity, risking unlawful killings with no accountability. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s dismissal of the breach—claiming “it wasn’t classified”—underscores the normalization of informal, unchecked war planning. The artwork indicts this collapse of governance, depicting a state apparatus where life-and-death decisions unravel in private chats, leaving only denial, negligence, and fractured truth in their wake.