Pete Hegseth: The Josh Allen of Department of WAR Secretaries.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

5 hours ago, sherpa said:

They are not "combatants" is any historically accepted sense.

the white house disagrees

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/law-allows-no-survivors-fox-201059022.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD8q5yuu1XD9Tt4AI8jOV5gYujsa0d0hzfA8_V_0qocLhNHUU79MmMXNRZiQgc3gupOg6hMcGU_9QtrXQN4o6zdDL_WttGZmb1TvkADLS4TFR5UtIfuHRKRc0-7zW9HhRC8snvXAdGHAAdK_e5wsymU03eFaPM3TUXQyNo2WaU_W

 

“The strike conducted on September 2nd was conducted in self-defense to protect Americans and vital United States interests. The strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance with the law of armed conflict,” Leavitt replied.

 

Therefore, this is an armed conflict between enemy combatants.  Like Penn State, I also posted multiple references from experts in military law who felt this action was illegal.  The fact that you're a veteran doesn't make your opinion conclusive.

Edited 10 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever

[sherpa]

14 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

the white house disagrees

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/law-allows-no-survivors-fox-201059022.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD8q5yuu1XD9Tt4AI8jOV5gYujsa0d0hzfA8_V_0qocLhNHUU79MmMXNRZiQgc3gupOg6hMcGU_9QtrXQN4o6zdDL_WttGZmb1TvkADLS4TFR5UtIfuHRKRc0-7zW9HhRC8snvXAdGHAAdK_e5wsymU03eFaPM3TUXQyNo2WaU_W

 

“The strike conducted on September 2nd was conducted in self-defense to protect Americans and vital United States interests. The strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance with the law of armed conflict,” Leavitt replied.

 

Therefore, this is an armed conflict between enemy combatants.  Like Penn State, I also posted multiple references from experts in military law who felt this action was illegal.  The fact that you're a veteran doesn't make your opinion conclusive.

 

Absolute nonsense.

There is no "convention" that the US is signatory to that extends combatant rights to people from no discernable country or military force that are engaged in criminal activity.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

1 minute ago, sherpa said:

 

Absolute nonsense.

There is no "convention" that the US is signatory to that extends combatant rights to people from no discernable country or military force that are engaged in criminal activity.

Do you believe the WH will walk the statement back?  I don't. We'll see.  If either the senate or the house committees find the actions illegal,, they'll likely send it to the military courts.  As we've illustrated, there are many military legal experts that disagree with you.  It's not as cut and dried as you make it appear.  At the very least, it's a complex issue.

[Roundybout]

49 minutes ago, sherpa said:

 

We defend our people.

There is no "international law" violation, as yet proven.

They admitted what they did.

[sherpa]

7 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

They admitted what they did.

i guess this post makes sense to you.

[Roundybout]

1 hour ago, sherpa said:

i guess this post makes sense to you.

Hegseth is now passing the buck and blaming his admiral for it lmao 

[SectionC3]

5 hours ago, sherpa said:

 

I am guessing you are young, have no experience in this, and naïve.

Don't take that as an insult. I admire your sincerity.

I just have watched this for decades.

 

They pose a threat. Make  no mistake.

 

Suicide, by allowing this to continue, is not an "honorable," nor "Christian" solution.

Who is "they?"

[B-Man]

 

 

The Democrat/Regime Media Plot Against Pete Hegseth Is a Joke

Kurt Schlichter 

 

It’s almost painfully obvious what a scam and a setup this whole “Pete Hegseth is killing innocent drug dealers!” thing is. Mysterious anonymous sources just happened to say exactly what the Democrats needed said following their illegal orders nonsense of last week, and exactly when they needed to change the subject from the murder of a soldier that was arguably contributed to by their illegal orders nonsense of last week.

 

This is just the latest in an endless series of lies designed to undermine the will of the voters by undermining the Trump administration – throw it in the pile with Russiagate, trying to frame Trump, and Hunter Biden’s laptop, et al. But this latest phony scandal does raise an important question in American politics.

 

Are the people pushing this transparent nonsense cynical operators who know it’s ridiculous, or are they idiots who actually believe it?

 

Now, you wouldn’t know it from the coordinated regime media/ Democrat narrative tsunami, but, Pete Hegseth denies what the Washington Post claims were two anonymous sources saying that his instructions were to kill all the drug dealers in some unspecified illegal manner. Putting aside that it’s both legal and good to kill drug dealers hauling poison to our shores to kill our people, the hearsay claims of individuals who don’t have the courage of their convictions to come out and say it, or to report this allegedly illegal conduct officially, and also who don’t exist, the regime media/Democrat complex instantly accepted these anonymous slanders as gospel truth. Anonymous claims are the best claims because you can’t defend against them other than to deny them, which is exactly what the liars want. It’s all part of the okey-doke.

 

Suddenly, overnight, all the Democrats and all the regime media were on exactly the same message. I wonder how that happened. Well, that’s a key component of the scam. It’s an operation, albeit an ineptly executed one, and one which was disrupted by a subject of a different operation to undermine America, so it had to be accelerated to take the dead Guard soldier out of the news. Regardless, you’re either stupid or think we’re stupid if you’re pushing it.

 

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/01/the-democratregime-media-plot-against-pete-hegseth-is-a-joke-n2667173

[pennstate10]

3 hours ago, sherpa said:

 

Absolute nonsense.

There is no "convention" that the US is signatory to that extends combatant rights to people from no discernable country or military force that are engaged in criminal activity.

Sherp.

 

This is a quote from the White house.

 

“The strike conducted on September 2nd was conducted in self-defense to protect Americans and vital United States interests. The strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance with the law of armed conflict,” Leavitt replied.

[Roundybout]

9 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

The Democrat/Regime Media Plot Against Pete Hegseth Is a Joke

Kurt Schlichter 

 

It’s almost painfully obvious what a scam and a setup this whole “Pete Hegseth is killing innocent drug dealers!” thing is. Mysterious anonymous sources just happened to say exactly what the Democrats needed said following their illegal orders nonsense of last week, and exactly when they needed to change the subject from the murder of a soldier that was arguably contributed to by their illegal orders nonsense of last week.

 

This is just the latest in an endless series of lies designed to undermine the will of the voters by undermining the Trump administration – throw it in the pile with Russiagate, trying to frame Trump, and Hunter Biden’s laptop, et al. But this latest phony scandal does raise an important question in American politics.

 

Are the people pushing this transparent nonsense cynical operators who know it’s ridiculous, or are they idiots who actually believe it?

 

Now, you wouldn’t know it from the coordinated regime media/ Democrat narrative tsunami, but, Pete Hegseth denies what the Washington Post claims were two anonymous sources saying that his instructions were to kill all the drug dealers in some unspecified illegal manner. Putting aside that it’s both legal and good to kill drug dealers hauling poison to our shores to kill our people, the hearsay claims of individuals who don’t have the courage of their convictions to come out and say it, or to report this allegedly illegal conduct officially, and also who don’t exist, the regime media/Democrat complex instantly accepted these anonymous slanders as gospel truth. Anonymous claims are the best claims because you can’t defend against them other than to deny them, which is exactly what the liars want. It’s all part of the okey-doke.

 

Suddenly, overnight, all the Democrats and all the regime media were on exactly the same message. I wonder how that happened. Well, that’s a key component of the scam. It’s an operation, albeit an ineptly executed one, and one which was disrupted by a subject of a different operation to undermine America, so it had to be accelerated to take the dead Guard soldier out of the news. Regardless, you’re either stupid or think we’re stupid if you’re pushing it.

 

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/01/the-democratregime-media-plot-against-pete-hegseth-is-a-joke-n2667173

Hegseth is going to rot in the pits of hell 

[pennstate10]

10 hours ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

The problem seems to be you have no idea what you're talking about lmao.

 

The Geneva convention? Lmao

“The strike conducted on September 2nd was conducted in self-defense to protect Americans and vital United States interests. The strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance with the law of armed conflict,” Leavitt replied.

 

Let me get this straight.

 

You dont think the Geneva convention applies to armed conflict?

 

Really?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

23 minutes ago, B-Man said:

Suddenly, overnight, all the Democrats and all the regime media were on exactly the same message. I wonder how that happened. Well, that’s a key component of the scam. It’s an operation, albeit an ineptly executed one, and one which was disrupted by a subject of a different operation to undermine America, so it had to be accelerated to take the dead Guard soldier out of the news. Regardless, you’re either stupid or think we’re stupid if you’re pushing it.

Sure.  Nothing to do with killing helpless survivors floating on wreckage...

[Wolfgang]

4 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

Sure.  Nothing to do with killing helpless survivors floating on wreckage...

 

 

 

If Israel can kill tens of thousands of children...

 

Then why are you so upset about a few dead drug smugglers?

 

You are morally bankrupt...

[Joe Ferguson forever]

uh oh.  https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/congress-boat-strike-demand-answers-briefing

 

Even little lindsey is skeptical

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a defense hawk who is close to Trump, said he has not spoken about the matter with Hegseth but that he is seeking out “the facts.”

“It’s a long-held rule that survivors of the ship attack are no longer combatants, and an air crew member in a parachute is no longer a combatant. You’re out of the fight,” the South Carolina Republican said. “I don’t know what the facts are, but that’s general law. We’ll see what the facts are.”

Edited 6 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever

[nedboy7]

30 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

The Democrat/Regime Media Plot Against Pete Hegseth Is a Joke

Kurt Schlichter 

 

It’s almost painfully obvious what a scam and a setup this whole “Pete Hegseth is killing innocent drug dealers!” thing is. Mysterious anonymous sources just happened to say exactly what the Democrats needed said following their illegal orders nonsense of last week, and exactly when they needed to change the subject from the murder of a soldier that was arguably contributed to by their illegal orders nonsense of last week.

 

This is just the latest in an endless series of lies designed to undermine the will of the voters by undermining the Trump administration – throw it in the pile with Russiagate, trying to frame Trump, and Hunter Biden’s laptop, et al. But this latest phony scandal does raise an important question in American politics.

 

Are the people pushing this transparent nonsense cynical operators who know it’s ridiculous, or are they idiots who actually believe it?

 

Now, you wouldn’t know it from the coordinated regime media/ Democrat narrative tsunami, but, Pete Hegseth denies what the Washington Post claims were two anonymous sources saying that his instructions were to kill all the drug dealers in some unspecified illegal manner. Putting aside that it’s both legal and good to kill drug dealers hauling poison to our shores to kill our people, the hearsay claims of individuals who don’t have the courage of their convictions to come out and say it, or to report this allegedly illegal conduct officially, and also who don’t exist, the regime media/Democrat complex instantly accepted these anonymous slanders as gospel truth. Anonymous claims are the best claims because you can’t defend against them other than to deny them, which is exactly what the liars want. It’s all part of the okey-doke.

 

Suddenly, overnight, all the Democrats and all the regime media were on exactly the same message. I wonder how that happened. Well, that’s a key component of the scam. It’s an operation, albeit an ineptly executed one, and one which was disrupted by a subject of a different operation to undermine America, so it had to be accelerated to take the dead Guard soldier out of the news. Regardless, you’re either stupid or think we’re stupid if you’re pushing it.

 

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/01/the-democratregime-media-plot-against-pete-hegseth-is-a-joke-n2667173

Townhall?  🤣

[Joe Ferguson forever]

6 minutes ago, Wolfgang said:

 

 

 

If Israel can kill tens of thousands of children...

 

Then why are you so upset about a few dead drug smugglers?

 

You are morally bankrupt...

because Israel committed massive war crimes in Gaza and trump's admin didn't intervene.  But it's also about principle, something you lack or even find undesirable.

Edited 6 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever

[Wolfgang]

3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

because Israel committed massive war crimes in Gaza and trump's admin didn't intervene.  But it's also about principle, something you lack or even find undesirable.

 

 

 

Oh?

 

So Israel did in fact commit massive war crimes?

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

                                    

 

 

 

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[Joe Ferguson forever]

7 minutes ago, Wolfgang said:

 

 

 

Oh?

 

So Israel did in fact commit massive war crimes?

 

 

It won't matter because you don't respect authority (that won't end well for you if an authoritarian gov't prevails) but I'll play a bit more ...

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/10/un-commission-finds-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-israeli-attacks

[Joe Ferguson forever]

9 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

                                    

 

 

 

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It's an opinion.  She's running for congress, so there's that.  And there's this:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/12/indiana-inspector-general-accuses-jennifer-ruth-green-ghost-employment-mike-braun-cabinet/86074837007/

Only the best people are MAGA.

Edited 5 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever