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gzt aka zoidberg
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hire me as a data scientist! PhD in Stats, recently ex Cisco. clustering, classification, #rstats. Personal: Eastern Orthodox, chess, Esperanto, battling cosmic evil. he/his, #BLM email: gzt at uchicago dot edu
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Worth noting that the laws of war are *extraordinarilly* permissive in allowing violence to achieve a legitimate military objective. War crimes are almost definitionally unnecessary to win wars.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”

It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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And as of today we have a seeming confirmation that, whatever Holsey's level of complicity/culpability or innocence, it was other people outside of his command who gave the kill orders (plural) on the first attack: bsky.app/profile/wesl...
Along with the obvious implications of what amounts to a “no quarter” order by Hegseth and compliance by the commanders of JSOC and SEAL Team
6, it’s important that @alexhorton.bsky.social and Ellen Nakashima have nailed down those organizations in particular as the ones leading the boat strikes.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM