DrALJONESMar 14

Rights groups have slammed Pete Hegseth for saying that “no quarter” will be shown to Iran.

"No quarter" includes executing people who've surrendered.

The mere announcement from a govt official can be a war crime.

Such threats are illegal under the Hague Convention & US domestic laws & military manuals.

Hegseth has publicly claimed he would not abide by “stupid rules of engagement”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/analysts-say-us-threat-of-no-quarter-for-iran-violates-international-law

Hegseth is military trained & he's no fool:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth

#USPol #EUPol .

Analysts say US threat of ‘no quarter’ for Iran violates international law

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be ‘no quarter, no mercy’ as US continues to pummel Iran.

Al Jazeera
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@DrALJONES Before we leap to the war crimes tribunal, consider that a) Sec Hegseth is super insecure about his masculinity, and b) has a head filled with super dumb ideas about how to demonstrate he is a 80s action movie badass. (once someone takes his idiotic blithering literally and guns down a stockade of EPWs, then we can go to the charges and the trials)
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Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 14
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I think we can go to the war crimes tribunal for his similar commands to kill everyone on those boats in the Caribbean, and for the murder of schoolchildren in a double-tap attack on a school. This isn't a wait-and-see situation, it's a pattern of transgression and escalation.
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@petealexharris

Well said

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Show threadDrALJONESMar 14

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Trials aside, the thing about Pete "K*ll-All-Muslims" Hegseth is that he highly likely has malignant narcissism (psychopathy).

Psychopathic brain structure is bereft of empathy, remorse & conscience.

Power is all that matters to psychopaths. They live for the regular squirts of adrenalin that tell them they're still alive.

While not all psychopaths do harm, Pete's a doozy (see his w'pedia page).

We need to stop feeding them ($$ & votes) & educate others to recognise them.