SecDef Pete Hegseth and Admiral Frank Bradley should be put into a cell together for ordering illegal orders to military personnel.

I'm all for punishing drug smugglers, but only AFTER they are CONVICTED in a Court of LAW.

DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY 2023

18.3.2 Refuse to Comply With Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations.Members of the armed forces must refuse to comply with clearly illegal orders to commit law of war violations. In addition, orders should not be construed to authorize implicitly violations of law of war.

18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal. [emphasis added]

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23892053-dod-law-of-war-manual-june-2015-updated-july-2023/

Also see:

Nazi Germany's Last Führer, Admiral Karl Dönitz, Caused Germany to Be in Violation of the Second London Naval Treaty for Issuing War Order No. 154.
https://similarworlds.com/politics/5455996-Nazi-Germanys-Last-Fuhrer-Admiral-Karl-Donitz-Caused-Germany

Picklebobble2 · 61-69, M

Can't break the law no matter who thinks they rank above it.

Entitlement seems to be as big an issue for those at the top of U.S governance as it does to amateur keyboard warriors online.

I'm entitled to ask those below me to ignore any and all treaties; engagement rules and recognised codes of conduct ... because I'm me !