Kevin Leecaster

Senator King:

Do you uphold laws incorporating Geneva Convention?

Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth:

We don't need burdensome rules.

Jan 14, 2025 at 5:53pmWeb
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJan 14, 2025

⬆️ @GreenFire

>> #Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete #Hegseth: "We don't need burdensome rules."

Two decades after #GeorgeWBush, a #DefenseSecretary nominee is dismissing laws incorporating #GenevaConvention even before he's confirmed.

#Bush at least blurted out a word salad on national TV about #disgraceful conduct. Trump won't even deign to do that.

#DonaldRumsfeld #PeteHegseth #HumanRights #AbuGhraib
https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/06/09/road-abu-ghraib

The Road to Abu Ghraib

This 38-page report examines how the Bush administration adopted a deliberate policy of permitting illegal interrogation techniques – and then spent two years covering up or ignoring reports of torture and other abuse by U.S. troops.

Human Rights Watch
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJan 14, 2025

⬆️ @GreenFire

Pete #Hegseth Declines to Answer.

And when he did, he was flippant and evasive as in the previous post.

"At today’s confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/pete-hegseth-hearings-evasion/681314/

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

<span>At today’s confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.</span>

The Atlantic
Show threadKevin LeecasterJan 14, 2025
@rameshgupta
Just Pete Hegseth's smirk should be disqualifying.