US EditionKelly: Hegseth ‘No Quarter,’ Trump ‘Just for Fun’ Remarks Show No ‘Clear Strategy’ for Iran War
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth’s 'no quarter' comment violates the Hague Convention and U.S. law, prompting calls for retraction and potential legal prosecution.
- Last week, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces attacking Iran would 'keep pushing' and give 'no quarter' to enemies, explicitly referencing conduct toward Iran.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross notes that banning declaring 'no quarter' is longstanding customary international law codified in the Hague Regulations .
- Goodman recalled historical prosecutions after the Second World War and Sen. Mark Kelly warned that ordering 'no quarter' would breach the law of armed conflict.
- Experts urged an immediate public retraction and disavowal of 'no quarter', instructing the chain-of-command conducting Operation Epic Fury that it is a war crime under military justice authorities and federal statute 18 U.S.C. 2441.
- Observers note the comment follows President Donald Trump's late last month announcement of the war on Iran, which is now in its third week, fitting a pattern of framing military action as spectacle.
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Senator Mark Kelly Warns Hegseth's 'No Quarter' Remark Signals Killing Prisoners, Calls It Illegal Under US Law
US Senator Mark Kelly has formally demanded Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth retract and clarify his public pledge of 'no quarter, no mercy' against Iranian combatants, warning that the phrase carries an unambiguous legal meaning: kill prisoners rather than accept their surrender. Kelly, a retired US Navy captain and Democrat representing Arizona, sent a formal letter to Hegseth on 16 March 2026, three days after the Defence Secretary made the sta…
Why Pete Hegseth’s talk about ‘no quarter’ could itself be against U.S. and international law
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a televised press briefing at the Pentagon on the Iran war on March 13, vowed this about America’s response to Iran’s ruling regime: “We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies.” These words in themselves could be a…
Commentary: Trump’s ‘just for fun’ war talk shows a dangerous trivialization
Little shocks me these days, but when I heard President Donald Trump’s remark this weekend that after “totally demolishing” much of Iran’s Kharg Island, the United States “may hit it a few more times just for fun,” I was taken…
Booker: Trump Running Iran Attacks with 'Monumental Strategic Stupidity'
Monday on MS NOW's "The Rachel Maddow Show," Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said President Donald Trump was running the Iran military strikes with "monumental strategic stupidity." The post Booker: Trump Running Iran Attacks with ‘Monumental Strategic Stupidity’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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