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Swede

(39,081 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:52 AM 11 hrs ago

No stupid rules of engagement" means no Geneva Conventions or other international humanitarian laws

So if our guys get captured, tough titty.

"No stupid rules of engagement" means no Geneva Conventions or other international humanitarian laws, which the U.S. signed and supported for more than a century.
Hegseth and Trump are pro-war crimes.

Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T13:24:53.408Z
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No stupid rules of engagement" means no Geneva Conventions or other international humanitarian laws (Original Post) Swede 11 hrs ago OP
It means Israel bombs hospitals and schools Bok_Tukalo 11 hrs ago #1
If Iran reciprocates, It means no American POW's Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #2
It means that we can kill school girls without remorse or guilt. Ferrets are Cool 10 hrs ago #3
please, someone check his blood alcohol level. nt Javaman 10 hrs ago #4
That was helpful tonkatoy8888 10 hrs ago #5
It'd be nice to think so, but Hegseth will probably drink himself to death, or kill himself in a foolish stunt muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #7
K&R for, so we're eligible for regime change and war criminal trials. UTUSN 8 hrs ago #6

Fiendish Thingy

(22,741 posts)
2. If Iran reciprocates, It means no American POW's
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:05 AM
10 hrs ago

If they are lucky, they get to come home in body bags.

Ferrets are Cool

(22,744 posts)
3. It means that we can kill school girls without remorse or guilt.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:20 AM
10 hrs ago

FUCK THIS WAR MONGERING ADMINISTRATION.

tonkatoy8888

(187 posts)
5. That was helpful
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:31 AM
10 hrs ago

Saves the prosecutor at the ICC some time...they already have their opening statement.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,992 posts)
7. It'd be nice to think so, but Hegseth will probably drink himself to death, or kill himself in a foolish stunt
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:27 AM
8 hrs ago

before the US ratifies the treaty for the ICC. At most, he'll have to keep to the USA or other countries that don't recognize the ICC (eg Russia, Israel).

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