Trump, Hegseth Prepare to Throw Military Commanders Under the Bus

Sec Hegseth now denies he gave the order to kill the two survivors of the military strikes in international waters. Trump says he believes and supports Hegseth. That could only mean that some Commander went rogue and violated US and international law on his own.

Sorry Generals and Admirals. You are now alone and will have to fend for your selves. Your leaders have abandoned you.

The rest of you who have not committed crimes yet might want to heed the words of Mark Kelley and his colleagues.

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anythingoes477 · 31-35, M

Don't matter what Hegseth denies..........or what trump does. They are the only two who could have given this order. This is an impeachable offense all by itself and more than grounds enough for prosecution of Hegseth. This is a violation of international military law, U.S. code of military conduct and is a world court violation. After WWII Japanese Admirals and ship's captains were executed for killing survivors at sea. Ditto for German ship and U-boat commanders. There is no grounds to plead anything after doing this. Hegseth has trump's ass to cover him now........but this is a crime that has no statutes of limitations. Eventually Hegseth will face charges. And trump should. That said a fully bribed SCOTUS gave trump immunity from EVERYTHING...so that one is hanging in the air. He will die before he is tried on all of the things he could be charged with...........Hegseth is young.

There is a line of people in this Chain of Command that will go down. First of course will be the Warrant Officer and the enlisted personnel that pulled the trigger both the first times on the other boats ........and in this case the second time on this one boat. Then it will feed up the line over time. But it may have to wait until this corrupt bunch of POS's are gone and we have justice back in America and a lot of judges are kicked out of jobs for playing favors.

MoveAlong · 70-79, M

@anythingoes477 This is clearly a criminal act that violates the UCMJ and international law. It is my opinion that no one will ever be prosecuted for these incidences though. First off Trump has pardon powers and if push comes to shove he will exorcize his power and preemptively in favor of everyone involved. Secondly the Republicans in Congress are IMO just paying lip service to these incidents and will come to accept the Pentagons outrageous spin and once again abdicate their oversight responsibilities.

As long as we have a rogue President and rogue Congress justice for all in America is a thing of the past.

anythingoes477 · 31-35, M

@MoveAlong I do agree. Sadly.............I do.

But if Nov 2026 goes Blue..............both can be impeached from their jobs..........pardons or not.

MoveAlong · 70-79, M

@anythingoes477 I hope you're right. But even if Dems take both houses 2/3 of the Senate will never vote to impeach trump or kegsbreath.

ElwoodBlues · M

@anythingoes477 says

There is a line of people in this Chain of Command that will go down.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

In Vietnam, Lt Calley was the only one to stand trial for the My Lai massacre, despite the fact that many men under him pulled triggers. Seems the military court sought the person with the most responsibility. In this case I'd expect the court would gather testimony all along the chain of command; then look at where responsibility was maximized.

If an admiral or a captain expressed UCMJ reservations and was ordered to go ahead anyway, that might protect them.

anythingoes477 · 31-35, M

@ElwoodBlues In ORDINARY America.........in an ORDINARY world.........everyone from the enlisted person who pulled the trigger to the top guy giving the orders would be tried for war crimes for doing this.

In Nam Lt. Calley was the top guy to prosecute. The ones doing that was under his direct command...on the ground. There was no knowledge of that attack above him. The reason the actual troops were not tried and convicted was because of wartime morale reasons. And the same mentality that no one in the military will hold any of their own responsible for crimes..........like rape.