Democratic Rep. Says Pete Hegseth May Have Committed War Crimes With Reported Order To Finish Off Survivors Of Vessel Strike

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1. Add it to the pile

2. Exactly the kind of “illegal orders” Dems are taking flak for urging our soldiers to resist.

3. I’m so tired of these articles that include “may” in their headlines. The amount of these in the past couple years I saw which amounted to nothing.

4. What do you expect from a hateful Fox News host. Seriously!

5. But if you’re too drunk to remember, did it really happen?

6. Hate to say it, but Trump having to replace Hegseth with somebody competent would help me sleep better at night.

7. MAY have? I’m not sure there’s any ambiguity here. They’re not even trying to hide it. 

8. It’s really not a maybe. His order makes him guilty of murder. I doubt there will be any enforcement during this administration. All the more reason to throw the bums out next couple election cycles so we can get at these guys. Put them where they belong.

9. Trump might have immunity, but his lackeys do not. I hope the next admin remembers this.

10. War crimes are cute and all but…

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

    Unless the US is willing to go after its own then nothing is going to happen.

    The Democratic Party has demonstrated time and again that it’s more interested in decorum than action. So I don’t hold out much hope for any kind of reckoning after the shitshow passes.

11. Sorry, but the fact that this article uses the phrase *”to finish off”* something carried out by the GOP is just a little on the nose.

12. Fugging hell Dems get your shite together & message this like pros

13. How is this a question? Destroying the boat was a war crime to start with. Murdering survivors sounds illegal too.

14. “May have”? He did. The press is such trash now

15. There is no ‘may’, he did, send him to the Hague now

16. They aren’t war crimes, we aren’t at war. What Hegseth is doing is straight up murder.

17. Well he did violate the Geneva Convention.

    Hegseth did violate the UMCJ. Make him get back in uniform and place him up for court martial.

    Unlawful killing of prisoners:

    Article 118: Murder:

    The UCMJ strictly prohibits the unlawful killing of any person. The specific charge depends on the circumstances, but the core principle is that the killing must be unlawful and without justification or excuse.

    Murder (Article 118)

    Definition: The unlawful killing of a human being.

    Types: Includes premeditated murder, murder with the intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, and murder caused by an inherently dangerous act done with wanton disregard for human life.

    Punishment: Can include the death penalty or a mandatory life sentence.

    Manslaughter (Article 119)

    Definition: The unlawful killing of another person that is not classified as murder.

    Types:

    Voluntary Manslaughter: An intentional killing committed in the heat of sudden passion due to adequate provocation.

    Involuntary Manslaughter: An unlawful killing caused by culpable negligence, meaning a negligent act or omission that shows a reckless disregard for the foreseeable consequences to others.

18. May have? Nothing about blowing boats up in international waters is legal.

19. MAY HAVE?! Jesus its clear as day

20. it is an illegal order to command someone to murder non-combatants.

    this principle is codified in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which holds that members of the armed forces are bound to obey only lawful orders

    military personnel have sworn an oath to say ‘i can’t do that sir’ when a drunkard commands them to kill someone who’s not a threat and unarmed.

21. “May have?” We know he did.

22. Striking the boat in the first place is a war crime.

23. Blowing up citizens of a country, especially one that you’re not at war with isn’t already a war crime?

24. May have?

25. May have? Stop pussyfooting around it and just tell the truth. He fucking DID

26. Just murdering people. When Trump’s term is over I hope the next administration has the courage to charge all of these people with the crimes they are committing

27. 29 November 2025

    “Yesterday, the Washington Post and CNN reported that the Secretary of Defense personally issued orders to “kill everybody” aboard a civilian vessel suspected of narcotrafficking. The attack on 2 September 2025 targeted a vessel carrying 11 civilians and, allegedly, an unknown quantity of drugs. The first strike resulted in near-total destruction of the vessel. However, two survivors were apparently observed via surveillance video clinging to wreckage, whereupon the commander directing the operation ordered a second strike.

    The second strike killed both survivors. The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.”

    [https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/former-jag-working-group-no-quarter-statement.pdf](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/former-jag-working-group-no-quarter-statement.pdf)

28. He did. And he needs to go to fucking prison.

29. Great, can’t wait for nothing to come of it

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