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I'm going to assume that maybe he's getting a bit too caught up in his own rhetoric, and this doesn't mean that he's actually going to give that order. Hopeful

I'm going to assume that maybe he's getting a bit too caught up in his own rhetoric, and this doesn't mean that he's actually going to give that order. Hopefully? But he should at very least know better if he's the secdef. If anything, the civilian leadership should be more restrained than the military. And it does signal that no one is briefing him beforehand on things you really should or shouldn't say.

krapp 7mo ago
>But he should at very least know better if he's the secdef. He wasn't selected to know better. He's an ex Fox News commentator and far-right Christian nationalist. He has Nazi tattoos. The right has been salivating for a hardcore military of Spartan chads running "with the safety off" ever since Vietnam and he's giving them exactly the performance they want to see.
treetalker 7mo ago
"Hacker News needs to do a better job supporting this war!" — Hegseth, probably, if he knew about HN
Tadpole9181 7mo ago
Simply saying it in his position is explicitly a war crime already.
jmye 7mo ago
> And it does signal that no one is briefing him beforehand on things you really should or shouldn't say. Or they are and he’s either too stupid to understand why, or too arrogant/sure nothing will ever happen to him, to care. Or probably both.
pseudohadamard 7mo ago
Rule 46. Ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited (Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity) Looks like the US is trying to join the club of Countries Whose Leaders are War Criminals, Russia and Israel being other notable members.
- krapp 7mo ago
  >Looks like the US is trying to join the club of Countries Whose Leaders are War Criminals "Trying to join?" The US has had a platinum membership in that club for nearly a century. Usually American leaders are at least smart enough not to say the quiet part out loud.
jamincan 7mo ago
Why would you assume that? This administration has trumpeted their intents continuously from the rooftop and delivered on their promises every time. Why do people continuously assume that this time, finally, reason and restraint will prevail?

krapp 7mo ago

>But he should at very least know better if he's the secdef. He wasn't selected to know better. He's an ex Fox News commentator and far-right Christian nationalist. He has Nazi tattoos. The right has been salivating for a hardcore military of Spartan chads running "with the safety off" ever since Vietnam and he's giving them exactly the performance they want to see.

treetalker 7mo ago

"Hacker News needs to do a better job supporting this war!" — Hegseth, probably, if he knew about HN

Tadpole9181 7mo ago

Simply saying it in his position is explicitly a war crime already.

jmye 7mo ago

> And it does signal that no one is briefing him beforehand on things you really should or shouldn't say. Or they are and he’s either too stupid to understand why, or too arrogant/sure nothing will ever happen to him, to care. Or probably both.

pseudohadamard 7mo ago

Rule 46. Ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited (Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity) Looks like the US is trying to join the club of Countries Whose Leaders are War Criminals, Russia and Israel being other notable members.

krapp 7mo ago
>Looks like the US is trying to join the club of Countries Whose Leaders are War Criminals "Trying to join?" The US has had a platinum membership in that club for nearly a century. Usually American leaders are at least smart enough not to say the quiet part out loud.

jamincan 7mo ago

Why would you assume that? This administration has trumpeted their intents continuously from the rooftop and delivered on their promises every time. Why do people continuously assume that this time, finally, reason and restraint will prevail?