The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stated repeatedly in 2016 on Fox News that US service members should refuse “unlawful” orders from a potential president Trump – exactly the position he called “despicable” when Democratic lawmakers said it last month.
The debate about whether US soldiers should refuse illegal orders is now at the center of a fiery political dispute over the US killings of alleged drug traffickers in boats off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia.
In video unearthed by CNN from March of 2016, when Donald Trump was a Republican presidential candidate, Hegseth responded to Trump’s comments in a debate by clarifying that service members did, in fact, have a duty to refuse any illegal orders.
“You’re not just gonna follow that order if it’s unlawful,” Hegseth, then a Fox News contributor, said in an appearance on the show Fox & Friends, where he would eventually become a host.
He says whatever he’s PAID to say. Are you looking for morals???
No, they’re pointing out that any attempt to go after the 6 Democrats for saying the exact same thing Kegsbreath said is a political attack with no basis in an actual crime
It’s too late for that. Fascism doesn’t care about laws, only loyalty.
Stop trying to silence people pointing out this isn’t normal. You’re only helping the fascism by demanding silence.
I’m not trying to silence anyone. Quite the contrary – it’s past time to do something about this.