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tblue37

(67,855 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:00 PM 6 hrs ago

Hegseth said he wants "his "warfighters" to aim for "maximal lethality not tepid legality."

"We're training warriors, not defenders. We fight wars to win, not to defend. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country.”

“No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense. Maximum lethality and authority for warfighters,” he ranted.

IOW, violate the rules of engagement and kill indiscriminately.

His own words proclaim his guilt.
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Hegseth said he wants "his "warfighters" to aim for "maximal lethality not tepid legality." (Original Post) tblue37 6 hrs ago OP
We don't need no stinkin' Geneva Conventions. Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #1
Keep it up Kegsbreath, MarineCombatEngineer 6 hrs ago #2
Trump can and almost certainly would pardon him. Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #3
No doubt. MarineCombatEngineer 6 hrs ago #4
Karma doesn't recognize Trump's pardon power. Frasier Balzov 6 hrs ago #5
Kegsbreath is the kind of "officer" maxrandb 5 hrs ago #6
He's another despicable piece of thrash in the regime. sinkingfeeling 5 hrs ago #7
"Warfighters" "lethality" etc. etc. mr715 4 hrs ago #8
"Warfighters" sounds like a very enticing title for a comic book for boys who want to grow up Ping Tung 4 hrs ago #9
This administration is THE ENEMY America has always feared. spanone 4 hrs ago #10

Ocelot II

(128,531 posts)
1. We don't need no stinkin' Geneva Conventions.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:02 PM
6 hrs ago

Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out.

Right, Pete?

I'm really sorry about your micropenis, though maybe this isn't the best way to deal with it.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,289 posts)
2. Keep it up Kegsbreath,
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:03 PM
6 hrs ago

but remember this, you aren't covered under the Supreme Courts immunity ruling and your day of reckoning, along with the rest of the toadies, is coming, one day, hopefully soon, you will stand before a jury of your peers to answer for your crimes against humanity and murder.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,289 posts)
4. No doubt.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:10 PM
6 hrs ago

But if Pedonald can "nullify" Pres. Biden's pardons, that the next Democratic Admin can do the same.
I know, I know, there is no basis to what Pedonald is trying to do, but a fellow can dream.

maxrandb

(17,063 posts)
6. Kegsbreath is the kind of "officer"
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:03 PM
5 hrs ago

We would send down to the Sail Locker to ask the Ship's Bos'n for 100 yards of Gigline.

Ping Tung

(4,088 posts)
9. "Warfighters" sounds like a very enticing title for a comic book for boys who want to grow up
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:32 PM
4 hrs ago

to kill people "legally".

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