(3 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You would think even an incompetent douchenozzle like Hegseth would be familiar with the term hors de combat and the legal implications thereof.
Boru
I know for a fact he is. American troops are given training in both the Geneva Convention and our UCMJ and Law of War Manual.
Quote:5.9 PERSONS PLACED HORS DE COMBAT
Persons, including combatants, placed hors de combat may not be made the object of
attack. Persons placed hors de combat include the following categories of persons, provided
they abstain from any hostile act and do not attempt to escape:
• persons in the power of an adverse party;
• persons not yet in custody, who have surrendered;
• persons who have been rendered unconscious or otherwise incapacitated by wounds,
sickness, or shipwreck; and
• persons parachuting from aircraft in distress.
5.9.1 Hors de Combat – Notes on Terminology. Hors de combat is a French phrase that
means “out of the battle.” It is generally used as a term of art to mean persons who may not be made the object of attack because they are out of the fighting and who therefore must be treated
humanely.
Hors de combat is used in Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions318 and has
been defined in Article 41 of AP I.319
Hegseth, having been a major in the Army, would certainly have received a more in-depth education on this than did I, and after Basic Training I had to take annual refresher courses -- and this was certainly covered for me, as a lowly sergeant.
This is not ignorance or stupidity. This is wanton criminality.
