The defense secretary has disparaged restrictive rules for opening fire that are aimed at reducing the risk of mistakes and ...

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Hegseth vowed no “stupid” rules of engagement, renewing debate over how ROE balance battlefield decisiveness with legal ...

The secretary of the United States Department of Defense--picked apparently because he impressed his current boss as a weekend talk-show host--said the other day, in front of the press, on the record, ...

The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva ...

Pete Hegseth keeps using terms like “no quarter” and “maximum lethality” for the Iran war, even as he purges DOD of JAG lawyers.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commented at a news conference on March 2, 2026, about “stupid rules of engagement,” suggesting that they may interfere with “fight[ing] to win.” These remarks are ...

Iranian authorities say the U.S. and Israel killed more than 1,300 civilians, striking over 10,000 civilian sites during the first 12 days of the war. This comes as Israel escalates attacks on Lebanon ...

There is no morality attached to the attack on Iran and the US will commit war crimes whenever we want, according to Whisky Pete.

The US secretary of war’s internationally televised talk at Quantico last week to all American operational commanders of single-star rank and above has implications for the world. It’s one thing for ...