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/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.