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    Hegseths „keine Gnade“-Äußerung über den Iran alarmiert Rechtsexperten


    Hegseths „keine Gnade“-Äußerung über den Iran alarmiert Rechtsexperten

    https://www.axios.com/2026/03/15/trump-hegseth-iran-war-no-quarter

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    1. kootles10 on

      From the article:

      Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pledge of „no quarter, no mercy for our enemies“ violates a bright‑line ban in the laws of war, legal experts say.

      International humanitarian law explicitly forbids declaring that „no quarter will be given“ or threatening to fight on that basis, treating it as a war crime on par with targeting fighters who are wounded or attempting to surrender.

      New York University law professor Ryan Goodman tells Axios that the defense secretary is „putting the American military on a track to lawlessness in which we will lose more and more allies.“

      „The best thing Secretary Hegseth can do for the country and for the US military is to say he misspoke and to retract the statement,“ said Goodman, who is also co-editor-in-chief of the national security journal Just Security.

    2. B-Z_B-S on

      Pete Hegseth wants to commit war crimes because he thinks that makes him powerful. It doesn’t. His lack of honor makes him wretched and small.

    4. TheViolaRules on

      I get it, but I also want to allow for dudebro being too stupid to know what it means.

      Not sending rescue craft after all the boats he’s been blowing up though, that indicates the opposite

    5. No_Cantaloupe_4149 on

      let’s put it this way: There is no international „pardon“. Trump may pardon all of them but that still won’t clean their sheet of war crimes.

    6. MrTestiggles on

      To be entirely fair to Secretary Hesgeth, he has no idea what ‘no quarter’ means outside of a cool line he’s heard in a movie

      The entire administration is run by people who peaked in highschool and in many cases mentally still there.

    7. literallytwisted on

      Even if he gets a pardon there’s no reason we can’t just hand him and the other traitors over to another nation for trial, Those laws and norms they got rid of protected them as much as anything else.

    8. Verum_Orbis on

      This puts American servicemembers in more danger. It’s incredibly idiotic to say.

    9. Its_pipo on

      No quarter“ is literally a war crime doctrine and the fact that this needs explaining to a Defense Secretary nominee is genuinely terrifying

    10. Pearl_Nebula on

      “No quarter” means take no prisoners. Kill everyone. That’s literally a war crime under the Geneva Convention. Hegseth should know this.

    11. jtthom on

      They weren’t alarmed when he said “maximum lethality, not tepid legality”?

      Man’s an awful poet, it was hardly cryptic

    13. amprather on

      I look forward to January 2029 when Hegseth is delivered to the Hague by the US.

    14. Amethyst_Ceres on

      Legal experts are alarmed cause this isn’t a game. “No quarter” is a specific term with specific meaning. It means execute prisoners.

    16. coreychch on

      Hegseth acts like a fake GI Joe, combs his hair, does his makeup, and puffs out his chest to act all manly and tough – and at the same time has no idea about war or the consequences of it. Offering “no quarter” to their enemies will come back to haunt him if their enemies get hold of any U.S. military personnel. If they start slaughtering everyone you can expect Iran to do the same.

    17. Buck7698 on

      Hegseth and the other cabinet members are a great example of the new DEI hiring policy: Dumb Embarrassing Idiots.

    18. Surturiel on

      It’s a war crime to declare „no quarter“. So he commited a war crime in the pulpit. 

      Time to arrest and prosecute this POS.

    19. squareplates on

      Mark Kelly and crew might need to make another video. This time, remind everyone that „no quarter,“ specifically, is an illegal order, and service members are duty‑bound not to obey it.

    20. SnottNormal on

      Trump campaigned on “you have to go after their families” in 2016. These people continue to be who they’ve said they are.

    21. Belkroe on

      What a an absolute fucking moron. Hegseth is too dumb or probably doesn’t care but this no quarter bullshit endangers us servicemen. During World War 2 the US would make sure to capture, not kills enemy combatants. This action was reciprocated by the enemy. The fact is, it’s not a sign of weakness or wokism to not go indiscriminately killing every enemy we engage, it’s too our own benefit, it helps with the safety of our troops. But DUI Hegseth could care less.

    23. Potential-Fan-6148 on

      Giving no quarter has been considered a war crime since ancient times.

    24. etxipcli on

      He’s so weird. Always talking about lethality. This guy should be in prison for murder.

    26. Different_Victory_89 on

      Yeah, no quarter means no prisoners, no survivors, and is a bona fide war crime.

    27. bestforward121 on

      Never mind that in a battle you want to encourage your enemy to surrender to avoid the losses you’ll take if you have to fight them to the last man.

      Just read some stories about the marines fighting the Japanese in WWII.

    29. raw_copium on

      Remember when we all thought him accidentally sharing classified Intel with a reporter on social media was the worst thing he’d ever do? Hahaha oh man those were good days.

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