Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
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Pete Hegseth’s Role in Trump’s Controversial Pardons of Men Accused of War Crimes
During Trump’s first term in office, Hegseth lobbied for the pardons of Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance and Army Major Mathew Golsteyn, and pushed to support Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, each of whom were facing charges or convictions related to alleged war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth’s advocacy on behalf of the three service members appeared to pay off: in Nov. 2019, Trump granted pardons to Lorance and Golsteyn, and reversed a demotion of Gallagher, citing Hegseth and Fox News when he tweeted about his decision to review one of the cases.Hegseth’s vocal defense of these men as victims of overzealous prosecution raised eyebrows in the military community, where such interventions by civilians are seen by some as a threat to the integrity of the justice system. “These are men who went into the most dangerous places on earth with a job to defend us and made tough calls on a moment’s notice,” Hegseth said on Fox & Friends in May 2019. “They’re not war criminals, they’re warriors.”
Lorance had been convicted by a military court in 2013 for the murder of two Afghan men during a military operation in 2012 in which he ordered his soldiers to open fire on a group of unarmed Afghan civilians he suspected of being insurgents. Lorance served six years of a 19-year sentence before Trump, after lobbying from Hegseth and others, granted him a pardon in Nov. 2019, arguing that he was unfairly targeted by military prosecutors and that his actions were justified in a combat environment where split-second decisions were often necessary for survival.
Golsteyn, a former Green Beret, was accused of murdering an unarmed Afghan man in 2010, a suspect he believed was responsible for killing U.S. troops. Although Golsteyn had been awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan, he later admitted to killing the suspect during a CIA interview, which prompted an investigation and the eventual charges against him. Trump granted him a pardon in Nov. 2019 after Hegseth interviewed Golsteyn on his show.
Gallagher was charged by the Navy with multiple crimes, including shooting civilians in Iraq, using a knife to kill a teenage Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017, and threatening to kill fellow SEALs if they reported him. Gallagher was acquitted of murder by a military jury but convicted on one count of posing for photographs with the deceased body. His rank was reduced by one step as punishment. Trump reversed Gallagher’s demotion, restoring his rank and benefits.
https://time.com/7176342/pete-hegseth-donald-trump-pardon-war-crimes-military/
The administration is so corrupt.
Into the Night
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His meds are not responding properly. The problem is that Sybil's condition is not curable. You can only mitigate it. He is already in a mental treatment facility, probably due to his violent tendencies.I love it when morons admit that Biden and his family of corrupt criminal grifters.
Irony from someone who defines insanity.
I wish they could lock you up in some padded cell. It is apparent you are mentally unstable and unhinged.
He is locked up, but not in a padded cell.
christiefan915
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That would be fantastic.
Dutch Uncle
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Whiskey Pete telegraphed his views about the laws of war and the Geneva Convention in his June 2024 book, "War on the Warriors".
Trump must have thought of him as a combination Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and patsy. I'm guessing the odds Whiskey Pete will die the same way, but it may be in his own bathroom, not after a public trial and execution as a war criminal.
Wilhelm Keitel | Biography, Death, & Facts | Britannica
Wilhelm Keitel, field marshal and head of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II. One of Adolf Hitler’s most loyal and trusted lieutenants, he became chief of the Fuhrer’s personal military staff and helped direct most of the Third Reich’s World War II campaigns.
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Keitel after his execution by hanging, not being shot like a soldier.
Fuck you asshole. You supported the assassination of your president so, fuck you!Pete Hegseth’s Role in Trump’s Controversial Pardons of Men Accused of War Crimes
During Trump’s first term in office, Hegseth lobbied for the pardons of Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance and Army Major Mathew Golsteyn, and pushed to support Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, each of whom were facing charges or convictions related to alleged war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth’s advocacy on behalf of the three service members appeared to pay off: in Nov. 2019, Trump granted pardons to Lorance and Golsteyn, and reversed a demotion of Gallagher, citing Hegseth and Fox News when he tweeted about his decision to review one of the cases.
Hegseth’s vocal defense of these men as victims of overzealous prosecution raised eyebrows in the military community, where such interventions by civilians are seen by some as a threat to the integrity of the justice system. “These are men who went into the most dangerous places on earth with a job to defend us and made tough calls on a moment’s notice,” Hegseth said on Fox & Friends in May 2019. “They’re not war criminals, they’re warriors.”
Lorance had been convicted by a military court in 2013 for the murder of two Afghan men during a military operation in 2012 in which he ordered his soldiers to open fire on a group of unarmed Afghan civilians he suspected of being insurgents. Lorance served six years of a 19-year sentence before Trump, after lobbying from Hegseth and others, granted him a pardon in Nov. 2019, arguing that he was unfairly targeted by military prosecutors and that his actions were justified in a combat environment where split-second decisions were often necessary for survival.
Golsteyn, a former Green Beret, was accused of murdering an unarmed Afghan man in 2010, a suspect he believed was responsible for killing U.S. troops. Although Golsteyn had been awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan, he later admitted to killing the suspect during a CIA interview, which prompted an investigation and the eventual charges against him. Trump granted him a pardon in Nov. 2019 after Hegseth interviewed Golsteyn on his show.
Gallagher was charged by the Navy with multiple crimes, including shooting civilians in Iraq, using a knife to kill a teenage Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017, and threatening to kill fellow SEALs if they reported him. Gallagher was acquitted of murder by a military jury but convicted on one count of posing for photographs with the deceased body. His rank was reduced by one step as punishment. Trump reversed Gallagher’s demotion, restoring his rank and benefits.
https://time.com/7176342/pete-hegseth-donald-trump-pardon-war-crimes-military/
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i hope the Dems would not do any Impeachment proceedings until the start of the 2028 term, preferably with them in control of the POTUS and Senate too.
And i do not think, the Senate will ever get a 2/3rd majority to vote, so it is not about getting the conviction. I think we have learned that Impeachment tends to rally the citizens to the person and party, even when justified, so Impeaching Trump at the start of the 2028 term adds that stain to his record and is of little consequence if it temporarily raises support for him and party.
I would also like to see Clarence Thomas impeached and then that used by Dem's, if they have the power to stack the Supreme Court, as it should have been done long ago to match the growing number of Circuit Courts they sit over, as was the history of the SC growth.
Whiskey Pete telegraphed his views about the laws of war and the Geneva Convention in his June 2024 book, "War on the Warriors".
Trump must have thought of him as a combination Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and patsy. I'm guessing the odds Whiskey Pete will die the same way, but it may be in his own bathroom, not after a public trial and execution as a war criminal.
Wilhelm Keitel | Biography, Death, & Facts | Britannica
Wilhelm Keitel, field marshal and head of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II. One of Adolf Hitler’s most loyal and trusted lieutenants, he became chief of the Fuhrer’s personal military staff and helped direct most of the Third Reich’s World War II campaigns.Keitel after his execution by hanging, not being shot like a soldier.
Hegseth's now an embarrassment. You might think his days are numbered yet Kennedy remains on the scene. There is value in this for Trump in spreading the Administration's embarrassment away from himself.
Dutch Uncle
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Oh,...good to know. So that means all those people Biden pardoned by auto pen are all guilty as hell including all of his family members and people like Fauci. Good to know indeed.Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that pardons mean a person accepts their guilt and can be forced to testify against others.
Let'em plead insanity. I'm fine with them being locked in a criminal asylum for the rest of their lives. Prisons are filled with stupid people.
anonymoose
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On what? Not trying to be obstinate.
Allow what to happen?
anonymoose
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What did Trump do to Clinton?Wishing he could do to Pete what he did to Bubba?
More people should have seen this coming.....it won't look good at his trial. The best exit for Whiskey Pete is a bottle of whiskey followed by a 9mm chaser since I doubt he wants to go to Buttfuck prison.
Information on the timeline is starting to solidify and is evidence that will be presented at trial:
1. Hegseth publishes his book "The War on Warriors" June 2024 where he advises to ignore the Geneva Convention and other rules of engagement.
2. The Double-Tap strike occurs on September 2, 2025 allegedly after a "Kill them all"-type order.
3. Hegseth calls all the generals around the world to Quantico for a meeting on September 30th, 2025 and lectures them, among other things, on Warfighting and how he was going to change the rules.
4. October 16, 2025, Hegseth's forces sink a submersible yet doesn't arrest two survivors. Instead, they are repatriated to their home countries. Why?
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing warwww.theguardian.com
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.
The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.
Hegseth is currently under scrutiny for a 2 September attack on a boat purportedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, where survivors of a first strike on the vessel were reportedly killed in a second strike following a verbal order from Hegseth to “kill everybody”.
Hegseth has denied giving the order and retained the support of Donald Trump.
He criticizes the Geneva Conventions, writing "The key question of our generation—of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—is way more complicated: what do you do if your enemy does not honor the Geneva conventions?
The War on Warriors - Wikipedia
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Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
The directive doesn't offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers.www.militarytimes.com
Warfighting: Hegseth repeatedly came to this topic in both his remarks and his implementing directives, emphasizing that the Department of Defense (DOD, recently renamed the Department of War) will focus exclusively on warfighting.
Takeaways from Secretary Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting
The meeting of generals and admirals at Quantico brought no purges or oath changes but augured big changes. Hegseth’s theatrical performance demanded fitness and a warfighting focus. Trump's campaign-style speech hinted at combat in U.S. cities. Was he serious?www.csis.org
President Donald Trump said the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs are being sent back to their home countries.
Trump says 2 survivors of US strike on submarine being sent to Ecuador, Colombia in move that avoids legal fight
President Donald Trump said the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs are being sent back to their home countries.abcnews.go.com
How many MAGAt cracker retards will run from the poll? How many will obfuscate or use whataboutism in reply rather than discuss it like mature Americans?
He's an alcoholic, and a war criminal.More people should have seen this coming.....it won't look good at his trial. The best exit for Whiskey Pete is a bottle of whiskey followed by a 9mm chaser since I doubt he wants to go to Buttfuck prison.
Information on the timeline is starting to solidify and is evidence that will be presented at trial:
1. Hegseth publishes his book "The War on Warriors" June 2024 where he advises to ignore the Geneva Convention and other rules of engagement.
2. The Double-Tap strike occurs on September 2, 2025 allegedly after a "Kill them all"-type order.
3. Hegseth calls all the generals around the world to Quantico for a meeting on September 30th, 2025 and lectures them, among other things, on Warfighting and how he was going to change the rules.
4. October 16, 2025, Hegseth's forces sink a submersible yet doesn't arrest two survivors. Instead, they are repatriated to their home countries. Why?
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing warPete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.
The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.
Hegseth is currently under scrutiny for a 2 September attack on a boat purportedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, where survivors of a first strike on the vessel were reportedly killed in a second strike following a verbal order from Hegseth to “kill everybody”.
Hegseth has denied giving the order and retained the support of Donald Trump.
He criticizes the Geneva Conventions, writing "The key question of our generation—of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—is way more complicated: what do you do if your enemy does not honor the Geneva conventions?The War on Warriors - Wikipedia
Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
The directive doesn't offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers.
Warfighting: Hegseth repeatedly came to this topic in both his remarks and his implementing directives, emphasizing that the Department of Defense (DOD, recently renamed the Department of War) will focus exclusively on warfighting.Takeaways from Secretary Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting
The meeting of generals and admirals at Quantico brought no purges or oath changes but augured big changes. Hegseth’s theatrical performance demanded fitness and a warfighting focus. Trump's campaign-style speech hinted at combat in U.S. cities. Was he serious?
President Donald Trump said the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs are being sent back to their home countries.Trump says 2 survivors of US strike on submarine being sent to Ecuador, Colombia in move that avoids legal fight
President Donald Trump said the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs are being sent back to their home countries.
How many MAGAt cracker retards will run from the poll? How many will obfuscate or use whataboutism in reply rather than discuss it like mature Americans?
Prove it.
Dutch Uncle
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His end won't be an honorable one....unless he takes the honorable way out.
