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Unless I missed something, Only Hegseth was promising no quarter (ie war crimes)

by KaiserPro 6mo ago

swyx 6mo ago
he what? this is on the record?
- ExoticPearTree 6mo ago
  Yes, he said it in front of reporters at a Pentagon briefing.
- piperswe 6mo ago
  https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/ https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434... > Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies.
- andrewflnr 6mo ago
  For what it's worth, he probably didn't know what he was saying. (slop has been around longer than LLMs)
  - voganmother42 6mo ago
    What is this worth?
    - andrewflnr 6mo ago
      Dark comedy mostly.
  - alkonaut 6mo ago
    It’s the one constant about this administration: you’re always wondering ”is this incompetence by not knowing what they’re saying or incompetence where they know what they’re saying”
- gherkinnn 6mo ago
  From 2024: "In 2024’s The War on Warriors, Hegseth argues at length that US forces should ignore the Geneva conventions and other elements of international law governing the conduct of war." “'What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?” he asks. “Would that not be an incentive for the other side to reconsider their barbarism? Hey, Al Qaeda: if you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs.'” He wrote a book in which he openly advocates for war crimes. Maybe, just maybe, it pays to believe him. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth...
- KaiserPro 6mo ago
  https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/ https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434... > Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies. March 13, 2026
  - tootie 6mo ago
    He probably said "no quarter" because it sounds cool and doesn't really know what it means. The most ironic part is how he is an avowed Christian warrior and says "no mercy" when mercy figures pretty prominently in Christianity.
angry_octet 6mo ago
We should be clear that Hegseth is not an officer in the US military, and this is clearly an illegal order. The fact that he has fired the JAGs who would tell him that is unsurprising, but does not change the facts. Any such killings would expose the individuals to a USMCJ Article 118 charge.

Unless I missed something, Only Hegseth was promising no quarter (ie war crimes)

swyx 6mo ago

he what? this is on the record?

ExoticPearTree 6mo ago
Yes, he said it in front of reporters at a Pentagon briefing.
piperswe 6mo ago
https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/ https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434... > Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies.
andrewflnr 6mo ago
For what it's worth, he probably didn't know what he was saying. (slop has been around longer than LLMs)
- voganmother42 6mo ago
  What is this worth?
  - andrewflnr 6mo ago
    Dark comedy mostly.
- alkonaut 6mo ago
  It’s the one constant about this administration: you’re always wondering ”is this incompetence by not knowing what they’re saying or incompetence where they know what they’re saying”
gherkinnn 6mo ago
From 2024: "In 2024’s The War on Warriors, Hegseth argues at length that US forces should ignore the Geneva conventions and other elements of international law governing the conduct of war." “'What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?” he asks. “Would that not be an incentive for the other side to reconsider their barbarism? Hey, Al Qaeda: if you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs.'” He wrote a book in which he openly advocates for war crimes. Maybe, just maybe, it pays to believe him. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth...
KaiserPro 6mo ago
https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/ https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434... > Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies. March 13, 2026
- tootie 6mo ago
  He probably said "no quarter" because it sounds cool and doesn't really know what it means. The most ironic part is how he is an avowed Christian warrior and says "no mercy" when mercy figures pretty prominently in Christianity.

angry_octet 6mo ago

We should be clear that Hegseth is not an officer in the US military, and this is clearly an illegal order. The fact that he has fired the JAGs who would tell him that is unsurprising, but does not change the facts. Any such killings would expose the individuals to a USMCJ Article 118 charge.