He should be the first one.

He should save them for opening statements at his trial.

Link to tweet

Sounds like a Hegsethian euphemism for extrajudicial killing.

His claim that the best lawyers told him it was legal looks unlikely. Most lawyers commentating have say "way illegal", which is why many countries have stopped giving the US intelligence in the Caribbean, so that they're not accessories to crimes. I expect they eventually found a gung-ho lawyer idiot or two to give them carte blanche to kill, and will have to use that in their defense when they're eventually brought to justice.

that's what this douche cares about--doing what Krasnov wants and propping up his manhood.

That hardly tells us why it isn't murder.

He murdered those people. It's a human rights violation and an act of war.

I'm not coming together with the family members of Liberals who voted for this when the regime falls.

We aren't coming together and moving forward. We did that in 1877 and the sick little fuckers "rose again".

To be clear: I hate magapubs.

This time, we take out the trash. There is no reasoning with MAGAs. And fascist organizations etc need to be made illegal. There need to be exceptions to the first amendment.

Good lawyers would have said "Hell, no!" Better lawyers would have said "No fucking way." Turns out the "best" lawyers thought "lethal, kinetic strikes" were some kind of harmless entertainment made for Fox News.

Still don't make it right, boozebreath.

I couldn't remember Yoo's first name, so I googled "torture lawyer" and his name was the first thing that came up.

Good work!

Be a douche, expect to be called one.

How many times do we have to endure the same sh!t from these lawless people? Bush and Cheney should have been in The Hague on trial for crimes against humanity. The Rethuglican party must be eliminated.

Don't forget gin.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yd4EYt6JbY4?feature=share

Occasionally, I prefer sipping a Canadian whisky on the rocks. I think that gulping down alcohol is a waste of it.

But yeah, if you have to drown your booze in a mixer just so you can drink more of it, you likely have a problem.

ZERO. To anyone.

Which is understandable, since lying is a requirement for a speaking position in the Trump administration. Not just spin; bold faced lies.

Hegseth honed those skills as a weekend host on Fox News.

Hegseth's lawyers will tell him exactly what he wants to hear. That's why they're there.
Or, perhaps they advised him of the law, but his brain translated it into a legal confirmation of his beliefs.

Your lawyers (the ones you failed to consult) should have told you that centuries of maritime law require that you save survivors even in war once the threat is eliminated. Since there was never a threat you’d have a hell of a time proving that your orders were anything but illegal.

During our 20-year war period. It’s a sanitized version for killing or blowing them up.

For other countries like the UK, Germany, France etc to demand to know WTF we are doing?! None of this is legal. Or are they speaking up and we are not hearing about it?

And then claim their hand-picked replacement lawyers told them it's all perfectly legal.

Imagine that.

With no consequences?

I hope that the Senate does investigate this asshole

Name the Lawyers. I’m sure they will want to corroborate your orders.

if Chumpkin is the prez.

In a nation with a shred of remaining decency in its leadership, we'd have a new Secretary of Defense. Beyond shameful.

That guy: "Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict..."

What "armed conflict?" With whom is the US at war?

ABC: "Critics of the Trump administration and some legal experts have questioned the legality of the strikes." Both-siderism at its very worst.

Some call intentionally killing innocent unarmed people murder, others call it "lethal, kinetic strikes." ABC is giving us "both sides" of the issue.

Yeah, just like he's "the best" Secretary of Defense as well.

actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command," Hegseth said.