There’s nothing there that indicates it’s fake....the dog is clearly not dead when he holds it up, there’s not obvious break for an exchange, and there is the yipping as the dog is in mid-air. someone alluded to a “third person” but if you pause the video that’s clearly a shadow of the “man” on the rock behind him.
Secondly, if somehow it is a very clever fake, it’s an incredibly stupid stunt to fake and does nothing to help the perception of U.S. troops at home or abroad.
Either way, he needs a very stiff consequence.
But no, it’s almost certainly not fake - you just wish it were....as do I.
The "puppy" is not seen ON LAUNCH but BEFORE and AFTER LAUNCH.