And this is one of the many, many good reasons why one does not comply with illegal orders, damn it!
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Ah, yes the most upstanding army that didn't comply to illegal orders in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria et al.
The fuck you guys smoking?
That just underscores the point I made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging
A proud American tradition
That makes me wonder what the highest level frag has been. I mean, not counting Caesar.
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Killing survivors of a destroyed vessel is literally an example of a war crime in the U.S. Department of Defense Law of War Manual. “For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal,” the manual reads.
RTFM
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Oh look, exactly what Mark Kelly was talking about. Shit rolls down hill guys. Remember that when someone orders you to murder people.
The top brass who aren't full on MAGA, but didn't leave now have clear proof that they are expendable and will be scapegoated to protect Trump and his croneys. Honestly showing their hand at this stage gives me a lot of hope that any coup won't happen now and resistance will be strengthened from within. I smell leaks coming!
I just followed the orders.
As they should. But the fact that he chose to follow an obviously illegal order, doesn't absolve the ones who gave that order. This should in no way, take the heat off Hegseth...or Trump himself.
So we went from denial, to it happened but it wasn't us...
The Narcissist’s Prayer:
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault. <— we are here
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
I think we're currently in the phase where it's rapidly undulating between both takes.
Give it another week and it'll devolve into "what firing on shipwrecked people? What are you talking about? Lalalala, I can't hear you!"
When do we enter the phase that no boat was even destroyed that day?
Follow illegal orders, get thrown under the bus.
Dont follow illegal orders, get thrown under the bus.
you know I'm starting to think that maybe they should just deal with the people giving the orders
That's very uncommon for brainwashed crowd called "military" to do so.
Its probably best to distance from the MAGA insanity if at all possible.
Stop the bus
If he ordered it, or complied with the order from above, lock him up. If not, this accusation is yet another confession.
Time to make this witness cooperative.
I can’t believe it was Joe Biden that flew the plane.
I heard Obama told him too
Hillary coordinated it all from email!
It's all on the private server!
Pretty sure Obama was the weapons specialist on board… gees.
It was LEGAL but ALSO Pete Hegseth DIDNT know about it AND we Fired someone Over it!
As was said elsewhere, the transmitted command will have been recorded. The hard undeniable truth can be provided. Congress just needs to subpoena it, or a soldier with a conscience needs to whistleblow and leak it. Otherwise, we trust the liars' word and they get away with yet more of what are unquestionably, objectively, war crimes.
Hmm, I wonder why Admiral Holsey decided to retire when he did. 🤔
We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters.
Pete Hegseth [Source]
He's an idiot
Indeed, and a murderer
warfighters
I fucking hate the way this LARPer talks about armed forces
What do you expect? The man is a washed-up talk show host and a drunk. He is by no means the only completely unsuitable buffoon in this incompetent, criminal administration.
Just for comparison: the Secretary of Education, Lisa McMahon, is a former wrestling promoter (Vince McMahon's wife), and the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccination advocate - not to mention the president.
All of this is so ridiculous that it would be funny if it weren't costing so many lives...
First of all, blowing up a boat like is illegal. Even if it was legal you'll have to prove that the boat contained drugs, but you just blowed your evidences! The guys that survived the attack then would have no charges over them and would be set free. Probably these guys were innocent and the boat was not a drug boat, thus they killed them as a cover up
As a sailor, I find the whole shoddy affair most disgusting.
Yes in war (and this was by no means a war) we may seek to kill one another as enemies, but every sailor knows, it is the sea who is the ultimate enemy.
A human adrift at sea is a pitiful thing. To save them is to save ourselves.
Even in WWII, the German Navy refused Hitler's illegal orders and outright saved or radioed the location of boats they sunk and survivors in the water, even to the peril of their crew stealth. It pissed Hitler off early in the war.
Captain Zur See Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee was famous for this. It did eventually cost him his ship though he saved the majority of his crew along with any Allied prisoners he had aboard.
The German submarine fleet, on the other hand, was less inclined to do this primarily due to the nature of the submarine as a weapon. Though there were exceptions.
I'm a huge German UBoat fan. Loved Silent Hunter III and Wolfpack for games and live a few hours south of Chicago!
Hey military— see what happens when you obey illegal orders?
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Can it be a war crime if you’re not actually at war? Seems like it’s just murder.
Don't need to be at war to commit "war crimes"
There has to be an armed conflict between two or more nations. Otherwise they’re “just” crimes.
Kill. Them. All.
And I don't mean boat.
"Burn. Them. All." , Hegseth
Mad King Aerys II vibes.
Gotta keep those trains running on time.
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