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| From | Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics |
| Subject | Re: Trump Prepares The U.S. Military To Commit War Crimes |
| Date | 2025-02-23 10:45 -0500 |
| Organization | None |
| Message-ID | <vpffqq$i8je$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vpfcsh$ebf$1@panix3.panix.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to fire the top
> | lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an
> | opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a
> | force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and
> | potentially less hindered by the laws of armed conflict.
> | ...
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/hegseth-firings-military-lawyers-jag.html>
In his book, “The War on Warriors,” which was published last year, Mr.
Hegseth castigates military lawyers for imposing overly restrictive rules
of engagement on frontline troops, which he argues repeatedly allowed the
enemy to score battlefield victories.
Mr. Hegseth derisively refers to the lawyers in the book as “jagoffs.” The
term led Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island and a West Point
graduate, to ask Mr. Hegseth at a confirmation hearing whether he could
effectively lead the military after disparaging it.
Mr. Hegseth’s account of this period in his book and his Senate testimony
conflict with how battlefield rules of engagement were set during the wars.
Senior officers in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as Gen. David H. Petraeus,
came to believe that civilian deaths were turning the local population
against U.S. forces and feeding the enemy’s ranks. So these officers
emphasized protecting civilian life even if it meant that U.S. troops might
have to incur greater risk.
Ultimately, the rules belonged to battlefield leaders and not their
military lawyers. The axiom — “lawyers advise, and commanders decide” — is
a core piece of every military lawyer’s education, current and former JAG
officers said.
Fraggle Rock coming?
--
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
-- Dean Martin
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Re: Trump Prepares The U.S. Military To Commit War Crimes Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-02-23 10:45 -0500
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Re: Trump Prepares The U.S. Military To Commit War Crimes Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> - 2025-02-24 13:53 +0000
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Re: Trump Prepares The U.S. Military To Commit War Crimes bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-02-28 12:49 +0000
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Re: Trump Prepares The U.S. Military To Commit War Crimes NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> - 2025-03-02 09:29 -0500
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