Pete Hegseth to Overhaul US Military Lawyers in Effort to Relax Rules of War

Thursday, March 13, 2025

The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general's corps

Posted by retort at 01:49 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to start a sweeping overhaul of military lawyers to make the US less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, per ppl familiar @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025 ... [image or embed]
-- Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM

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" too restrictive in interpreting rules of engagement and took the requirement that soldiers positively identify a target as an enemy combatant before opening fire"

What could possibly go wrong there?

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-13 01:57 PM

He's drunk.

#2 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-03-13 01:57 PM

Pat Tillman approves of this policy change.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-13 01:58 PM

Feeling great again, Trumpiclowns?

#4 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-03-13 02:46 PM

Someone with a lot more insight about this is my son, a Lt Col Army JAG, and has served in Afghanistan, as well as at the Pentagon, and after calling him about these changes he is all for it.

#5 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-03-13 03:46 PM

That's not saying much.

If your son wasn't guzzling the Orange Flavor-Ade, he would have been fired already.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-13 04:00 PM

Too bad he's got a JAG-off for a sperm donor. You ------- retarded dumbass.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-13 06:17 PM

#6 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2025-03-13 04:00 PM | FLAG: PATHETIC COMMENT

#8 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-03-13 07:58 PM

@#5 ... a Lt Col Army JAG, and has served in Afghanistan, as well as at the Pentagon, and after calling him about these changes he is all for it. ...

Did he offer any reasons, or was it political preservation on his part?

I ask that, not out of disrespect of the opine, but because Pres Trump seems to be on a mission to remove from power any who disagree with him.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-13 08:13 PM

Maybe this is why Sec Hegseth has such a low opinion of women who serve the Country in the Military, he is just reflecting Pres Trump's opinion of women ...

Did Trump Say of Women, 'You Have To Treat 'Em Like ----'? (2020)
www.snopes.com

... Claims about the president's past pronouncements reemerged in August 2020, when Joe Biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate.

Claim:
In 1992 Donald Trump was quoted saying of women, "You have to treat 'em like ----."

Rating:
Correct Attribution

...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-13 09:19 PM

Fools - Life Sucks Then You Die (1985)
www.youtube.com

(lyrics in the video ...)

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-13 09:23 PM

Rules of war

Do whatever it takes to

Turn men into corpses
Turn women into widows
Turn boys unto cripples
Turn girls into prostitutes
Turn children into orphans
Turn the farms into wastelands
Turn homes into rubble
Turn citizens into refugees

Pat yourself on the back and pin a medal on your chest... Jayzus loves you for a job well done

#12 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-03-14 09:02 AM

"Did he offer any reasons, or was it political preservation on his part?"

You can't possibly think MSGT raised his son to provide reasons for the things he believes.

He wouldn't know how to teach that to begin with.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-14 10:15 AM

Its the specter of Willy Pete and area denial ordinance (chem/bio). And when the favor is inevitably returned, that thick-brick drunk will no doubt begin blithely suggesting we let some kilotonage off their chains. These people are insane. Prove me wrong.

#14 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-03-14 04:26 PM

As if the US military isn't homicidal enough: en.wikipedia.org

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-14 04:33 PM

Where's BlueWaffles to call Hegseth a warmonger?

Or does he not dare.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-14 04:36 PM

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