Which, by the way, Rules of Engagement are orders from theater commanders (4 star Generals typically). Assuming the ROE doesn’t itself violate the law, they are lawful orders. Hegseth telling people to ignore/violate ROE is in fact telling people to violate lawful orders, the very crime he wants...
That’s exactly what this shit is. Crap like “kinetic strike” and “warfighter” and “lethality” are all buzz words that are used repeatedly in military education courses and by generals/admirals. Hegseth thinks they make him look smart but they really just make him look like a brainwashed idiot to...
Soleimani was a uniformed soldier in another nation’s military and was providing direct support to an opposition force in an ongoing armed conflict. That situation isn’t even close to comparable. It may have been inadvisably stupid, tactically or strategically a mistake, or the greatest thing to...
Of course it was pointless. I see them every day standing around shooting the shit and doing a whole lot of nothing. I was 2 blocks from the incident when it happened and saw the first responder vehicles drive by. The military occupying that part of DC is absurd. The stunt-like nature of this...
Access isn’t really hampered. The fired 3 stars (positions now downgraded to 2 stars), didn’t really advise individual units, that’s lower level attorneys (divisions and corps generally have an O-6 colonel advising the commander directly along with a team of 10-15 attorneys working for the...
On the topic of unlawful orders it is very easy to think of hypothetical orders that would be unlawful that could come from the White House:
- Orders to commit genocide
- Orders to kill non-combatants or to disregard the distinction between combatants and non-combatants (a combatant is someone...
This isn’t surprising. I don’t want to dox myself and give my exact credentials, but I’m a bit of an expert in Law of Armed Conflict and this situation is like a basic exam question on the topic. Very basic.