The Trump Administration was
enraged that anyone would accuse them of issuing unlawful orders in the past or that they'd do it in the future.
We've cross a legal line with liars not caring and now trying to throw someone under the nearest bus.
Here's the citation from DoD Law of War manual that was updated in July 2023:
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.
Now, as expected, SecDef Hegseth didn't give the order that he gave. As my mother would say, "He lies quicker than a cat will lick its behind."
It violates the Laws of War, so it violates Article 92. Any signed treaty, with its stipulations, is, in effect, a lawful order. It also violates Article 118, Murder. If they go for a lighter charge, it could be an Article 134 (Homicide, negligent). Expect perjury (Article 131) and subornation of perjury (Article 131a) to make appearances, possibly with some other charges.
Yeah, I downloaded the punitive articles after this hoopla about my senator, Senator Mark Kelly, blew up.
