"At least President Donald Trump didn't kill all the lawyers first, literally following Shakespeare's words in Henry VI, Part 2 on evading the rule of law. Instead, just a month into his second term in February, he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth simply fired the top lawyers at the Army, Navy and Air Force, known as judge advocates general, or JAGs. It's what you do when you're planning to break the law: You get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down."
"First, the Washington Post disclosed a chilling twist on a Sept. 2 attack that was the first of 21 known U.S. military strikes so far on small boats allegedly hauling drugs, the opening of Trump's undeclared war on so-called narco-terrorists. The commander for the operation, reportedly following Hegseth's verbal order to kill them all, ordered a second strike when two of 11 men on board were seen alive, clinging to wreckage."
President Donald Trump fired the judge advocates general of the Army, Navy and Air Force one month into his second term, removing top military lawyers. The firings eliminated legal guardrails that might constrain presidential or military misconduct. Two contradictory actions exposed amoral instincts: lethal military strikes and a presidential pardon. U.S. forces conducted at least 21 strikes on small boats allegedly hauling drugs, presented as an undeclared war on narco-terrorists. In a September 2 operation, a commander reportedly followed an order to "kill them all" and launched a second strike after survivors were seen clinging to wreckage. At least 72 additional people have since been killed in related strikes.
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