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Swede

(39,115 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:52 AM Monday

No stupid rules of engagement" means no Geneva Conventions or other international humanitarian laws [View all]

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 [View all] Swede Monday OP

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