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US Secretary Of Defence Hegseth Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime
(www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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Where are the repercussions though? I'm not sure laws mean anything anymore... other than being a tool of oppression of course.
I think the world has to sanction the US. The mechinisms to prevent and punish whats going on from within have failed. The rest of the world has to stand up and say No.
But it's spreading fast to other countries too.
You just know the defense will be "he doesn't know what it means, he just heard it in a movie once and thought it sounded badass".
Right now, nothing, because his party controls both houses in Congress.
In the future, the potential for consequences does exist, but who knows if we'll see them
American admin war crimes don't get punished by either party.
Why no high ranking officials got punished for the Iraq war when dems controlled both?
I can count how many, and it's less than 1.
Chelsea Manning? Or the Seargent and lower rank people from Abu Graib selfies?