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Is This Why the Trump Administration Was So Triggered?

Experts say Pete Hegseth's verbal order to leave no survivors is a war crime

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Rob Archer
Nov 30, 2025
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At first glance, Democrats reminding military members of their duty to refuse illegal orders shouldn’t have sparked such a furious reaction. That duty is written into military policy. It’s on a plaque at West Point. And it became central after World War 2, when Nazis insisted they were “only following orders.”

It’s also foundational to the U.S. military.…

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