Trump to the UK, 6 March: "We don't need them any longer... We don't need people to join wars after we've already won!"
Trump six days later: Publicly begs for the UK to send warships.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Is the Strait even deep enough for this thing to submerge?
Verified by Reuters (video is embedded in the article): www.reuters.com/world/middle...
One of his sons was also killed.
If a monster killed my father, mother and wife not sure I’d be particularly disposed to ever surrendering.
Add it to the pile of long-term consequences the system is stuck with due to council’s previous fascination with the idea of street running, which ruled out third-rail power and forced the selection of a vehicle that’s ill-suited for the line we ended up building.
I suspect Saul is considering that the bit in the 1860s where eleven states up and left for a few years, and had to be brought back into the Union by force of arms, was a discontinuity in the federation.
The set that contains all things that are not in the tray
Better than the reverse, IMO: you can run the furnace fan and control board off a generator to maintain heat if the gas service is still working, and cooking can be done outdoors with a camp stove or barbecue. Electric heat is just gone until the mains power comes back.
The theological role of the Supreme Leader is to act as a guardian of the state and the faith in the absence of the Twelfth Imam, believed by Twelver Shias to be in hiding (Occultation) until such time as the world is safe for his return. And now the Leader must also be occulted.
Not trying to defend the Israelis here—if they fought in Lebanese uniforms then they committed perfidy and should be prosecuted accordingly.
43. National flags, insignia, and uniforms as a ruse.—in practice it has been authorized to make use of these as a ruse. The foregoing rule (par. 41) does not prohibit such use, but does prohibit their improper use. It is certainly forbidden to make use of them during a combat. Before opening fire upon the enemy they must be discarded. Excerpt from FM 27-10 Rules of Land Warfare, 1 Oct 1940
His men who were shot were tried by field courts-martial applying a simple “false uniform -> spies -> execution” rubric that was contrary to existing US military law, which included essentially the same standard applied in Skorzeny’s trial. Skorzeny himself was tried by a more competent court.
The applicable international law has also changed; Additional Protocol I prohibits any use of false uniforms “to shield, favour, protect, or impede military operations”, although Israel does not recognize the Additional Protocol.
The key point behind the Skorzeny verdict was that his troops hadn’t actually *fought* while wearing false uniforms. Much like a ship flying false colours, it was considered a legitimate ruse of war and not perfidy so long as it was dropped before opening fire.
@proton.me Apologize for this outrage and pledge never to do it again or you can be certain I'll cancel my account & tell everyone I know why they should steer clear of your company. I'm done with "privacy first" tech companies lying to their users about surveillance state collaboration.
Accurate labeling of Pete Hegseth as "the arse"
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This is speculation on my part, but I don’t think the citizens of the *United States of Mexico* actually struggle with the idea that their neighbour to the north is also a federal republic composed of states that are sovereign jurisdictions in their own right.
Reddit comment by u/Beegrene: You should just debate the fascists in the free market of ideas. My grandpa and his friend Tommy could debate up to 700 fascists a minute from 140 yards away.
In the criminal justice system, snowball-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Snowball Unit. These are their stories.
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The dragons are a bit like nukes in that you can’t use them very much if you want to attack something and not have it be a burned-out husk afterward. In both cases conventional forces are still relevant because they can take a town or village without destroying it.
The LAV IIIs must be used/refurbished as that model is no longer in production. It could be the same effort as was previously reported to have stalled. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Per this press release, most of it is money that was already budgeted earlier this year; $300M is new and may just be cash. The announcement also mentions giving them 66 IFVs and 383 armoured cars but doesn’t say those are part of the $300M www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Let’s not forget the earlier councillors and staff who thought it was OK to build a rapid transit system where it’s even possible to get frostbite while waiting in the stations, regardless of how long the wait is.
Good on them. Trash talking the women’s gold medal hockey team is the lamest.
I'm in firm agreement with @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social that Ontario should once again make online gambling illegal. You can read his arguments below. But I would add something he didn't touch on: THERE ARE NO LAWS AGAINST MATCH FIXING IN CANADA
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And Louisiana managed to sink several of the drilling barges in a ten-foot-deep lake once. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pe...
🎵 Björk album’s airsoft guns, costumes for some sexy nuns / Pokémon and Yugioh, also MtG and more! / We didn’t start the fire… 🎵
