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US Secretary Of Defence Hegseth Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago

There is both decency and negotiating leverage that could have been obtained by rescuing the Iranian ship they ambushed. US is planning an extremely low probability of success escort or landing mission, where standards of military decency would make US troops less scared.