Declaring that no quarter will be given unequivocally violates international humanitarian law. Indeed, ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited and constitutes a war crime.
“I lost my job after harassing a complete stranger in the street because he’s Jewish”
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
The only thing prohibiting England from racking up a record win in Paris tomorrow will be if France take part in the game. England will surely romp to victory should France not do that.
Mainly, I hope, disgust at your government and the apparent acquiescence of a surprisingly large proportion of your compatriots in this sort of shit:
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We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.
This can’t come soon enough. 👏
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Today’s Times asks but fails to answer why chat shows are almost exclusively hosted by men. There’s a photo of Paula Yates but no mention of her. Today is her daughter Peaches’ birthday & Claudia Winkleman’s debut as chatshow host so here is that answer catherinemayer.co.uk/everything-y...
Such a dismal tale about the UK govt: so obsessed w competing with far-right to keep out foreigners that it won’t let in the brightest & best from war-torn countries even when they’re hand-picked by the FCDO, lest they ask to stay. Soft power sacrificed, but how many Reform voters will it convert?
The cruelty of this.
I didn't know that.
I've only had the misfortune of hearing him in UK before TNT made it ridiculously expensive.
Think it was a CK thing, tbh. He'd often not notice stuff happening - other commentators were fine.
Eventually...
Plus the weird constant sniffing/wheezing.
Laughing at his own unfunny 'jokes'.
Unbearable.
The people who were entirely wrong about Brexit and completely wrong about Truss have been proved totally wrong about Trump's Iran war, too. Whoever could have imagined it? When on earth are we going to stop listening to these grifting, lying, delusional clowns?
A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme.
Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools
I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.
This is learned today:
Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
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And if it's not misogynistic why wasn't he offering to hypnotize men to make their dicks bigger?
Violently assualted for doing nothing more than obeying the legal speed limit.
Yes, the attacker should be in jail. Driving and employing others shouldn't be a freedom ticket.
Also needs licence removing for good. He's clearly psychologically not to be trusted.
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Trump using the same genius idea that Corbyn had about the Salisbury poisonings: just ask the Russians, they'll tell us the truth.
The Iran war should be a lesson for Keir Starmer's Government. If you take a clear line on an issue where the public agree with you then it's your opponents who end up having to back down, not you
If you'd told me maybe three years ago that a UK news channel would be platforming someone to set out openly racist, far right, violent conspiracy theories, I'm not sure I'd have believed you. And yet here we are.
With every passing day, the decision of Starmer and his cabinet a) not to join the Iranian war b) to delay access to bases looks wiser and wiser. Trump’s press conference last night shows he has no real idea what the objectives are and its duration is arbitrary.
The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
Nescio Bridge, Amsterdam. It allows people to cycle from the city centre over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal to the new housing distrcit IJburg. Built in 2005 it cost €9.5m and was designed by British architects WilkinsonEyre.
It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.
This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.
Although:
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X is a platform that enabled the mass production and distribution of CSAM.
"Ms Badenoch has ranked MPs based on how well they are performing on X, Facebook and LinkedIn."
Why sure! Get retweeted by hordes of bots and Nazis - win a promotion!
Bluesky warning that post is written in Spanish.
It was, I think, Lammy who said it was.
Also: Bluesky still thinks you're writing in Spanish.
