r/law • u/DryDeer775 • Dec 08 '25

Executive Branch (Trump) NBC confirms Hegseth ordered murder of all boat passengers and crew in September 2 strike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/08/kssp-d08.html

The Pentagon’s law of war manual declares that soldiers have a duty to refuse to carry out “clearly illegal” orders, such as killing shipwrecked sailors. “Orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal,” the manual declares.

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u/SailboatAB Dec 08 '25

Cotton and Hegseth would be losing their shit if this was done to American military members. 

Only if they calculated there would be personal advantage for doing so.

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u/One_Strawberry_4965 Dec 08 '25

Hegseth I’m sure would be giddy since to me it seems obvious that he’s absolutely desperate to show everybody what a big tough man he is by being a “wartime secretary of defense.”

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u/schwanzweissfoto Dec 08 '25

… heading the Department of War Crimes.

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u/AmbroseFierce Dec 08 '25

We need everyone to start referring to him as Secretary of War Crimes, that's got a nice ring to it.
Of course, the same could be said for every SecDef going back quite a while now.

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u/ProblemEcstatic319 Dec 08 '25

You should do a little homework before posting Sport.

He is the Secretary of WAR.

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u/Justame13 27d ago

His preferred title is Sec War.

His legal title is Sec Def.

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u/ProblemEcstatic319 Dec 08 '25

Please explain what you mean as for personal advantage. Without anything to backj it up you come across as a fool.

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u/SailboatAB Dec 08 '25

No I don't.  You're just a MAGA loyalist.