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A few weeks after he took over SOUTHCOM, Holsey met with the newly confirmed Hegseth and received his marching orders.
“You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth told Holsey. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
“You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth told Holsey. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A few weeks after he took over SOUTHCOM, Holsey met with the newly confirmed Hegseth and received his marching orders.
“You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth told Holsey. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
“You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth told Holsey. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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The notion that the shipwrecked calling for help is a "hostile act" b/c it might enable salvage of part of the cargo (supposedly a military objective) strikes me as absurd. And would risk gutting the protection of the shipwrecked.
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This really lays bare how absurd the manufactured war theory is:
A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
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4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
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3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
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