HEGSETH'S LAME 'FOG OF WAR' EXCUSE

By Howie Katz

 

During a cabinet meeting on December 2, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth blamed the "Fog of War" for the attack on the two men clinging onto the boat wreckage. Add Hegseth to the crazies - RFK Jr. and Kristi Noem - in Trump's cabinet.

 

For those who do not believe there was anything wrong with the second strike, here is a lesson from AI Overview:

 

The Geneva Conventions and

customary international law protect shipwrecked individuals and prohibit attacking vessels no longer posing a threat, treating them as "hors de combat" (out of the fight). Attacking a vessel that's already struck, disabled, or its crew trying to survive at sea (shipwrecked) is a war crime, requiring humane treatment, rescue, and prohibiting further attacks, as detailed in Geneva Conventions I, II, and Additional Protocol I, emphasizing protection for all, including civilians, in such helpless states.  

 

The US is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions. Thus the second strike is a war crime and Hegseth's lame Fog of War excuse is farfetched. 

 

Today, Trump tried to justify killing the two survivors of the first strike by claiming the men were trying to right the boat. If you believe Trump's big lie that two men who were clinging to the wreckage of a capsized boat tied to right it after it had been destroyed by an airstrike, you must still believe in the tooth fairy. Even if that were true, the attack on a disabled vessel or its survivors is still a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions.

 

This is not what the American people voted for. Trump was elected president not by those who voted for him, but by the people who voted against that disgraceful idiot Kamala Harris. If the Democrats had fielded a good candidate, Trump would now be at home in Florida, spending his time on the golf course or watching football games on TV.

 

To the rest of the world, the second strike does not make America great again.