{"id":55778,"date":"2026-03-17T15:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55778"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:09:39","slug":"us-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-actually-revels-in-being-a-notorious-top-tier-war-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55778","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>US War Secretary Pete Hegseth actually revels in being a notorious top tier war criminal<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55779\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-17-at-3.08.31-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-17-at-3.08.31-PM.png 551w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-17-at-3.08.31-PM-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that\u00a0<em>\u201cno quarter\u201d<\/em>\u00a0or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.<\/p>\n<p>The legal definition of the term means surrendering Iranian soldiers would be executed by American troops rather than taken prisoner. US officials and legal experts have responded by accusing Hegseth of encouraging war crimes.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dWe will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Hegseth said at a press briefing on Iran on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Some US officials and legal scholars have argued that the remarks went beyond tough rhetoric and strayed into criminality.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/635222-hegseth-war-crime-iran\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/635222-hegseth-war-crime-iran\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}