"If the evidence were as overwhelming as DoD claims, following established legislative, legal, and military protocol would not present a problem and would have been followed by SECDEF. His refusal to follow established protocols, code, and international law, as well as essentially redefining what constitutes 'hostile action', places our entire military in an extraordinarily compromised position."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/6

"Although [Hegseth] has produced no evidence to Congress to justify these actions or the classification of these individuals, much less requesting and gaining approval for acts of hostility upon those individuals, he has then proceeded with lethal strikes on civilians in open international waters."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/5

The classification of the prisoners as "unprivileged belligerents" means that they were "therefore deemed not worthy of the basic protections of photo and video footage of their treatment while in the care of the United States Navy and Marine Corps."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/4

But in this case when shipboard personnel insisted on following this policy, the Marines staffing the Iwo Jima protested, saying that their commander had forbidden the documentation.

Video was taken, but less than two hours later was deleted. The prisoners were classified as unprivileged belligerents. Though the US is not at war, this classification allows circumvention of policies governing treatment of prisoners apprehended by the military.

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/3

(continued from /1)

"one in which video and photographic material is deleted, US military service members are asked to defy standing protocol and code, and human beings disappear from record as they are summarily and without trial returned to what is purported to be their native countries."

Official policy requires photo and video documentation of such prisoners.

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/2

Melissa Corrigan and David Shuster report on a US military strike on a boat on 17 October when two survivors were retrieved from wreckage and brought on board USS Iwo Jima:

"What transpired after those individuals were brought on board proves that we are in an entirely new paradigm within the US military," (continued in /2)

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/1

https://www.blueamp.co/p/exclusive-us-navy-deleted-video-of

Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/02/gaza-reveals-how-britain-is-run/
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the illusion that the U.K. is a democracy. A mass movement is needed to address ten major issues, write Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock. By Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock Declassified UK This should be…
#Politics #Gaza #Israel #Nato #Palestine #Secrecy #UnitedKingdom #Zionism #Britain #DonaldTrump #Genocide #Icc #IsaacHerzog #KeirStarmer #Netanyahu #OfficialSecretsAct #Parliament #SettlerTerrorism #U.s. #Uk #WarCrimes

"This isn’t about protecting democracy or human rights, or fighting drug trafficking. Trump’s allies have been trying to justify military escalation by arguing that a war would allow the United States to 'seize all of Venezuela’s oil' and provide windfalls to American petroleum companies."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela #oil
/28

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/monday-afternoon-news-updates-12125

"If the evidence were as overwhelming as DoD claims, following established legislative, legal, and military protocol would not present a problem and would have been followed by SECDEF. His refusal to follow established protocols, code, and international law, as well as essentially redefining what constitutes 'hostile action', places our entire military in an extraordinarily compromised position."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/6

"Although [Hegseth] has produced no evidence to Congress to justify these actions or the classification of these individuals, much less requesting and gaining approval for acts of hostility upon those individuals, he has then proceeded with lethal strikes on civilians in open international waters."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/5

The classification of the prisoners as "unprivileged belligerents" means that they were "therefore deemed not worthy of the basic protections of photo and video footage of their treatment while in the care of the United States Navy and Marine Corps."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/4

But in this case when shipboard personnel insisted on following this policy, the Marines staffing the Iwo Jima protested, saying that their commander had forbidden the documentation.

Video was taken, but less than two hours later was deleted. The prisoners were classified as unprivileged belligerents. Though the US is not at war, this classification allows circumvention of policies governing treatment of prisoners apprehended by the military.

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/3

(continued from /1)

"one in which video and photographic material is deleted, US military service members are asked to defy standing protocol and code, and human beings disappear from record as they are summarily and without trial returned to what is purported to be their native countries."

Official policy requires photo and video documentation of such prisoners.

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/2

Melissa Corrigan and David Shuster report on a US military strike on a boat on 17 October when two survivors were retrieved from wreckage and brought on board USS Iwo Jima:

"What transpired after those individuals were brought on board proves that we are in an entirely new paradigm within the US military," (continued in /2)

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/1

https://www.blueamp.co/p/exclusive-us-navy-deleted-video-of

"The Trump regime, having mostly completed its Blatant Revenge On Enemies Stage, still flexing its unashamed, impenitent Xenophobic Ethnic Hatred Stage, well into its Murderous Megalomaniacal Stage, has now robustly entered its Looting and Pillaging Stage. Donald Trump’s obscene wealth is getting pornographically larger because he has dropped all pretense. He is in this thing to plunder the world."

~ Gene Weingarten

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #Venezuela #oil
/21

https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/it-takes-a-pillage

The Trump-Hegseth war crimes and murder story: some pithy one-liners that may invite you to click and read more:

"They won’t go down for their crimes but our service members will."

~ Ron Filipkowski quoting Fred Wellman

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-260-12125

"Trump White House throws military under the bus for lawless attack."

~ David Kurtz

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-white-house-throws-military-under-the-bus-for-lawless-attack

"Admiral Bradley, meet bus."

~ Gary Legum

https://www.wonkette.com/p/hegseth-now-distancing-self-from

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela #oil
/1

"The Trump regime claims the [Washington Post] report is false, but the evidence has not been specifically debunked. No explanation has been given as to why the video was edited to omit this part of the attack [i.e., the second missile strike to kill men clinging to debris in the water after the first strike]."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela #oil
/5

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/war-crimeor-murder

The Trump-Hegseth war crimes and murder story: some pithy one-liners that may invite you to click and read more:

"They won’t go down for their crimes but our service members will."

~ Ron Filipkowski quoting Fred Wellman

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-260-12125

"Trump White House throws military under the bus for lawless attack."

~ David Kurtz

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-white-house-throws-military-under-the-bus-for-lawless-attack

"Admiral Bradley, meet bus."

~ Gary Legum

https://www.wonkette.com/p/hegseth-now-distancing-self-from

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela #oil
/1

Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/02/gaza-reveals-how-britain-is-run/
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the illusion that the U.K. is a democracy. A mass movement is needed to address ten major issues, write Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock. By Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock Declassified UK This should be…
#Politics #Gaza #Israel #Nato #Palestine #Secrecy #UnitedKingdom #Zionism #Britain #DonaldTrump #Genocide #Icc #IsaacHerzog #KeirStarmer #Netanyahu #OfficialSecretsAct #Parliament #SettlerTerrorism #U.s. #Uk #WarCrimes

"This isn’t about protecting democracy or human rights, or fighting drug trafficking. Trump’s allies have been trying to justify military escalation by arguing that a war would allow the United States to 'seize all of Venezuela’s oil' and provide windfalls to American petroleum companies."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela #oil
/28

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/monday-afternoon-news-updates-12125