Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈Mar 13
Having English as a second language means I keep on learning new terms all the time. TIL «denial of quarter»

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Nanana_Na!Mar 14
Show threadPatricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈
«Under Hegseth, in fact, U.S. forces appear to have already violated the “no quarter” prohibition last September by returning to the wreckage of a destroyed alleged drug boat and killing two survivors clinging to debris.»

Secretary Of Defense Hegseth C...
Secretary Of Defense Hegseth Casually Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime

The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions.

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