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War crimes and treason? Why are you tolerating this? Pete Hegseth's statements about "giving no quarter" are an affirmation that he will give orders to commit war crimes. We have already seen the bombing of a school and over 160 pupils killed. Hegseth eliminated the staff, expertise, and agency tasked with preventing the targetting of civilians. You know as well as I do that targetting civilians and rejecting the agreed laws of war makes Americans less safe everywhere. You should have impeached Hegseth when he used signal for classified information, inviting a journalist. How will you answer the future when they say: why did Congress permit an unqualified, inexperienced, alcoholic spousal abusers to make war crimes a US policy? Trump acknowledges that Russia is aiding Iran in targeting US soldiers in the Middle East. So why did Trump just LIFT sanctions on Russian seaborne oil? This looks a lot like giving aid and succour to a foe. Lifting those sanctions has brought a massive benefit to Putin: it has caused a historic windfall to Russia of temporary access to markets when oil prices are nearing historic highs. Why are you permitting this? How will you answer the questions of future historians when they say: why did you retain a twice impeached felon, likely sexual assaulter of children, who aided a foe?