‘Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth…at the Pentagon on the #Iran war…vowed…: “We will keep pushing, keep advancing.

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‘Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth…at the Pentagon on the #Iran war…vowed…: “We will keep pushing, keep advancing. #NoQuarter, no mercy for our enemies.”.. Dating back to at least the Civil War, the denial of #quarter has been forbidden... This rule…[was] incorporated into treaties…& as customary law binding on all states... The [US] #WaCrimes Act [provides that]: “it is especially forbidden… [t]o declare that no quarter will be given.” | Brian Finucane, MS Now https://www.ms.now/opinion/pete-hegseth-no-quarter-war-crime