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A working group of former Judge Advocates General—convened after Hegseth's ominous action earlier this year to fire senior Army and Air Force JAGs—put it like this in a statement on the strike: If the U.S. is at "war" in the waters near Venezuela, as Hegseth insists, then the double-tap ordered by the commander of JSOC is an unambiguous violation of the Law of Armed Conflict's prohibition on killing survivors of a military operation. But if the U.S. is not in such a state of war, as the Justice Department insists for the purpose of denying congressional authority over war, then Hegseth, Bradley and "everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger" are simply murderers. In Hegseth's case, by this point, we're talking 83 people killed, which should qualify as mass murder. And more may be on the way as President Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed, suggesting further strikes at larger scale may be imminent.
...Hegseth never should have been permitted to hold one of the most powerful offices in the world... Hegseth has shown himself to be a grifter, a narcissist, a man of petty resentments, and an abuser of his power. His adulation of violence... lobbying for clemency for those accused and even convicted of war crimes. If ever there was a disqualification for being secretary of defense, it is that, and yet 50 Republicans and Vice President Vance voted him into the Pentagon.
"If the #US is at "war" in the waters near #Venezuela, as #Hegseth insists, then the double-tap ordered by the commander of #JSOC is an unambiguous violation of the Law of Armed Conflict's prohibition on killing survivors of a military operation. But if the US […]
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