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DrALJONES Mar 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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Jack the Frosted Count Mar 14

@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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Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 14

@count_01 @DrALJONES
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.

Well said