David August ❌👑
German naval commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck was commander of U-852 and was tried, convicted, and executed (along with 2 others deemed responsible) after the war because on March 13, 1944 he ordered his crew to shoot at survivors who were clinging to rafts and wreckage of the Greek merchant ship SS Peleus after sinking it with 2 torpedoes. Eck was trying to conceal the position of his submarine, and so ordered his men to fire into the wreckage and rafts to sink them.
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David August ❌👑
Adm. Mitch Bradley, who ordered the second strike to comply with Hegseth’s orders to leave no survivors, has also not yet been tried, convicted nor executed. Hegseth, in control of the most powerful ocean going navy on earth with massive rescue capacities, was trying to stop survivors and the boat’s cargo from being rescued by others.
He, and those who followed his illegal orders, violated international and…
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David August ❌👑
He’d violated international law regarding the rescue of shipwrecked sailors.
On Sunday, November 30, Eck and the others’ executions will have been carried out exactly 80 years ago.
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American Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has not yet been tried, convicted nor executed for on September 2, 2025 ordering his Special Operations commanders to kill survivors, in this case clinging to their burning, sinking ship, after crippling it with a missile strike.
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David August ❌👑
US law regarding the rescue of shipwrecked sailors and the violent destruction of civilian boats and non-combatant civilians not posing an immediate threat, but lethally engaged nonetheless.
The September 2, 2025 killings were among the first of a so far 3 month sequence of US strikes suspected to have already killed 80 people at Hegseth’s order.
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David August ❌👑
No publicly provided evidence nor legal justification for these deaths has been presented by any element or official in the US government.
Sources:
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Heinz-Wilhelm_Eck
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Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder
I don't often boost every post in a thread. But I did this one.
An element that horrifies me, is the failure of Congress to act, and yes, I mean Mike Johnson. Yes, that Mike Johnson.
If he is not going to pull the US out of this position of being the overt bad guys, then the rest of Congress needs to deal with the Mike Johnson, problem.
Time to apply consequences to the people who are not performing their constitutional duties as counterweights within the balance of powers.
David August ❌👑
@huntingdon yes they should. I agree.
huntingdon
Pete Hegseth, a few admirals, and Donald Trump should be looking at a life sentence for each murder.
David August ❌👑
@gemlog @huntingdon yup. Seems they should spend the rest of their lives in prison, no chance of parole.
huntingdon
Consequences are a measure of the underlying conduct. Ask Jacob Marley.
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