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applegrove

(132,361 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:17 PM 18 hrs ago

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Hegseth was facing a revolt from Pentagon lawyers who

were not going to sign off on war crimes, like bombing power plants, before the Iran ceasefire last evening.

Sadly, while major outlets (Reuters, NYT, LA Times, Military Times, Politico) are covering Hegseth, Iran war, Trump antics, all the war crimes, they are NOT reporting that Pentagon lawyers formally refused or were poised en bloc to refuse target approvals. #pinks
— Jan_Morgan (@janetmmorgan.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T22:29:24.827Z

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Hegseth was facing a revolt from Pentagon lawyers who (Original Post) applegrove 18 hrs ago OP

Those same lawyers who approved what WAS done already? RockRaven 18 hrs ago #1

Where is John Yoo when you need him? Sneederbunk 18 hrs ago #2

Dump needed the two week ceasefire JBTaurus83 18 hrs ago #3

And who launched the double-tap Tomahawk attack that killed over 100 innocent school children? usonian 18 hrs ago #4

RockRaven

(19,465 posts)

1. Those same lawyers who approved what WAS done already?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:19 PM

18 hrs ago

Let's pump the brakes on the lionizing given that context.

Sneederbunk

(17,536 posts)

2. Where is John Yoo when you need him?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:20 PM

18 hrs ago

JBTaurus83

(1,476 posts)

3. Dump needed the two week ceasefire

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:25 PM

18 hrs ago

To fire and replace these suckers and losers.

usonian

(25,588 posts)

4. And who launched the double-tap Tomahawk attack that killed over 100 innocent school children?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:33 PM

18 hrs ago

You don't hear much about that, like Mr. Epstein, do you?

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