Hegseth refuses to rule out use of torture

[rainsol]

The scary thing is, what happens if Hegseth decides that America's own citizens are "enemies" and turns his goons on us?
Because, at this point, there is little to stop him from doing so.

These are truely scary times. No sane, decent human being can, or should, support this individual (or anyone like him) from EVER having any position of authority in our government.

You mean like the promise from Joe Biden to use F 15 s against American...What a dispshit you both are.

 

[Bray123]

https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448

"I don't really wash my hands ever," Hegseth said. "I inoculate myself. Germs are not a real thing. I can't see them; therefore, they are not real."

 

[Rebel5soul]

Back to the Hitler mantra. You idiots never learn.

 

[Politruk]

Back to the Hitler mantra. You idiots never learn.

The shoe fits. Wear it.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Believe it or not, there are terrorist combatants that US forces confront don’t care about the Geneva conventions.

 

[Politruk]

Believe it or not, there are terrorist combatants that US forces confront don’t care about the Geneva conventions.

Irrelevant. If they have to fight cannibals, that does not mean they get to eat them.

 

[PaxNurgle]

Believe it or not, there are terrorist combatants that US forces confront don’t care about the Geneva conventions.

We DO believe it! And we absolutely wish to see those combatants destroyed with extreme prejudice.

But if neither side cares about the Geneva conventions, then which side can truely call themselves the good guys?

 

[Rightguide]

Hegseth's books are wheezy 200+ page treatises on the MAGA military "philosopy": The only way to "cleanup" perceived inadequacies in the military is to return to a segregated army of single white males (he does, however, acknowledge the need for colored troop battalions, presumably to do what the elderly felon clumsily refers to as "the black jobs").

Like our illustrious 'medically discharged mixed race infantryman' here, Hegseth seems to believe that the soldier who can do the most pushups "wins".

Oh, and that pesky "Geneva Conventions" bullshit must be given nothing more than lip service. He gazes approvingly at Israeli atrocities in Gaza, steely-eyed men unafraid to publicly ignore the rules of war: raze their houses, rape their women, use their children as target practice. When challenged, offer up a word salad of "enemy combatants" and "human shields". If that doesn't work, fall back to the "woke! Woke! WOKE!" and "dei! Dei! DEI!" bunker.

Pete Hegseth will usher in a new olden era of troop-on-troop sexual assault on female soldiers, sailors and air force personnel in the American military.

How many have you read?

 

[Rightguide]

When Senator Angus King pressed him on it.

King asked, “Are you rejecting Title 18 and Title 42, I think, also has provisions that incorporate the Geneva Convention and the laws of armed combat. Are you saying that those laws should be repealed? That is the law of the land right now.”

“Senator, we have laws on the books from the Geneva Conventions into the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and then underneath that you have layers in which standard or temporary rules of engagement are put into place. We fight enemies also as our generation understands that play by no rules. They use civilians as human shields –” Hegseth said as he avoided the question.

King then followed up, “So are you saying that the Geneva Convention should not be observed?”

“We follow rules, but we don't need burdensome rules of engagement that make it impossible for us to win these wars,” Hegseth replied.

Later in the exchange, King said, “You’re saying two different things: you are saying we follow rules but we don't have to follow the rules in all cases, is that correct? Burdensome rules?”

“Senator, I am making an important tactical distinction that war fighters will understand, that there are other goals we swear an oath to defend….” Hegseth said.

In one final attempt to get an answer, King asked again: “I just want to be clear, are we going to abide by the Geneva Convention and the prohibitions on torture or are we not? Or is it going to depend on the circumstances?”

Hegseth replied, unable to tell Senator King that he would abide by the international laws of warfare: “…What an America first national security policy is not going to do is hand its prerogatives over to international bodies that make decisions about how our men and women make decisions on the battlefield. America first understands we send Americans for a clear mission and a clear objective, we equip them properly for that objective—and we give them everything they need and then we stand behind them with the rules of engagement that allow them to fight decisively to defeat America’s enemies which is why we sit quietly and peacefully in this conference room.”

To the left pushups are torture.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Pete Hegseth Vote

50

50

Republican traitors Collins, McConnell, & Murkowski voted NO.

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Quote: "I thought I was done voting in the senate."

Congratulations to Secretary of Defense Hegseth.

What a marvelous way to end the working week. May the purges begin.

 

[TallMan69]

That’s like a lowly team getting to a dot.com bowl game after going 0.500. Congrats, I guess.



Pour the champagne!

 

[ChloeTzang]

That’s like a lowly team getting to a dot.com bowl game after going 0.500. Congrats, I guess.

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Pour the champagne!

LOL Indeedy. He's in, and that's what counts.

 

[Politruk]

To the left pushups are torture.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Trump's statements about torture were a big part of why I voted third party in 2016. And then he won my vote by proving his competence and dialing down the war machine. He practiced diplomacy that worked. Hegseth's statements could be part of that diplomacy: act tough, but stay out of shit we don't need to be in.

Or, as another famous president said…”Walk softly, but carry a big stick”…

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

^Hitler wanted that too.

Which is why people need to step up and stop the next Hitler from turning this country into the next Nazi Germany.
And we can start doing that by stopping the next Hitler from appointing the next Heydrich or Dirlewanger as it's secretary of Defense...

Godwin’s Law…Invoked…again.

 

[YDB95]

Godwin’s Law…Invoked…again.

Mike Godwin himself has said he believes with Trump, Hitler comparisons are perfectly appropriate.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Pete Hegseth Vote

50

50

Republican traitors Collins, McConnell, & Murkowski voted NO.

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Quote: "I thought I was done voting in the senate."

Congratulations to Secretary of Defense Hegseth.

What a marvelous way to end the working week. May the purges begin.

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Congratulations Secretary Hegseth. Good riddance to Turtle Boy…or the Kentucky Gobbler…whichever fits…

 

[ChloeTzang]

Mitch is past his "use by" date and just needs to fade away. His defense contractor overlords told him how to vote. No different than John McCain on Obamacare. These old RINO dinosaurs are all bought and paid for. Time for them to be put out to pasture. They're the last vestiges of the old Republican Uniparty and they need to go.

 

[Politruk]

Mitch is past his "use by" date and just needs to fade away. His defense contractor overlords told him how to vote. No different than John McCain on Obamacare. These old RINO dinosaurs are all bought and paid for. Time for them to be put out to pasture. They're the last vestiges of the old Republican Uniparty and they need to go.

It's not like the party's younger generation is any better, or any less owned by business interests.

 

[YDB95]

It's not like the party's younger generation is any better, or any less owned by business interests.

The first time any of them vote against what Trump wants, Chloe will be calling them RINOs too. It doesn't matter how right wing they were up to that point.