{"id":129992,"date":"2024-11-25T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129992"},"modified":"2024-11-25T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:37:47","slug":"trump-pentagon-pick-attacks-un-and-nato-and-urges-us-to-ignore-geneva-conventions-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129992","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Pete Hegseth, Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of defense, has attacked several key US alliances such as Nato, allied countries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/turkey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Turkey<\/a> and international institutions such as the United Nations in two recent books, as well as saying US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At the same time, the man who would head America\u2019s gigantic military has tied US foreign policy almost entirely to the priority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Israel<\/a>, a country of which he says: \u201cIf you love America, you should love Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Elsewhere, Hegseth appears to argue that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-military\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">US military<\/a> should ignore the Geneva conventions and any international laws governing the conduct of war, and instead \u201cunleash them\u201d to become a \u201cruthless\u201d, \u201cuncompromising\u201d and \u201coverwhelmingly lethal\u201d force geared to \u201cwinning our wars according to our own rules\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth\u2019s policy preferences may raise concerns about the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/nato\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Nato<\/a>, the escalation of tensions with Israel\u2019s arch-foe Iran, and impunity for US war criminals, such as those who Hegseth persuaded Trump to pardon in his first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Tom Hill, executive director of the Center for Peace and Diplomacy (CPD), told the Guardian that Hegseth\u2019s nomination reflected the fact that for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>, \u201cone of the bases of support he owes is the Christian nationalist evangelical movement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In Hegseth, \u201cwhat he is offering is Israel policy and a warping of foreign policy around Israel as a reward to this Christian nationalist base,\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"europe-has-already-allowed-itself-to-be-invaded\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\">\u2018Europe has already allowed itself to be invaded\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">While in the more distant past Hegseth was a foreign policy hawk aligned with neoconservatism, since what he has called his \u201cTrump conversion\u201d, he has written scathingly of multilateral institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In American Crusade (AC), published in 2020, Hegseth asks bluntly: \u201cWhy do we fund the anti-American UN? Why is Islamist Turkey a member of Nato?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Elsewhere in that book, Hegseth disparages the International Security Assistance Force, the UN security council\u2019s peacekeeping force sent to Afghanistan in 2006, with claims based on his own service in Afghanistan: \u201cOn my camouflage uniform, I wore an American flag on one shoulder and an Isaf patch on the other,\u201d he writes, adding: \u201cThe running joke of US troops in Afghanistan was that the Isaf patch actually stood for \u2018I Saw Americans Fighting\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Like Trump, Hegseth characterizes Nato allies as not paying their way: \u201cNato is not an alliance; it\u2019s a defense arrangement for Europe, paid for and underwritten by the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He also embeds criticisms of Nato in apocalyptic, \u201cGreat Replacement\u201d-style narratives of European immigration. Hegseth writes at one point in AC: \u201cEurope has already allowed itself to be invaded. It chose not to rebuild its militaries, happily suckling off the teat of America\u2019s willingness to actually fight and win wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth is particularly incensed by the inclusion of Turkey in Nato. He argues that the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, \u201copenly dreams of restoring the Ottoman empire\u201d and is \u201can Islamist with Islamist visions for the Middle East\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe defense of Europe is not our problem; been there, done that, twice,\u201d Hegseth writes, adding: \u201cNato is a relic and should be scrapped and remade in order for freedom to be truly defended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is what Trump is fighting for,\u201d he concludes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The UN, meanwhile, he calls \u201ca fully globalist organization that aggressively advances an anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-freedom agenda. Here\u2019s one set of rules for the United States and Israel, another for everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On Hegseth\u2019s characterization of Turkey as Islamist \u2013 the same descriptor he uses for militant non-state actors such as Isis \u2013 Hill said: \u201cIt\u2019s extremist rhetoric that\u2019s trying to paint literal treaty allies as illegitimate actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"if-you-love-america-you-should-love-israel\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\">\u2018If you love America, you should love Israel\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth\u2019s belief in the UN\u2019s bias against Israel mirrors his deepest apparent commitments: that any vision of international cooperation is rooted in his support of Israel, which at times he couches in religious terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a striking passage in AC he presents his support for Israel against as a renewal of medieval crusades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cOur present moment is much like the 11th century,\u201d he writes in AC, adding: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to fight, but, like our fellow Christians a thousand years ago, we must. We need an American crusade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He adds: \u201cWe Christians \u2013 alongside our Jewish friends and their remarkable army in Israel \u2013 need to pick up the sword of unapologetic Americanism and defend ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth continues: \u201cFor us as American crusaders, Israel embodies the soul of our American crusade \u2013 the \u2018why\u2019 to our \u2018what\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth concludes: \u201cFaith, family, freedom, and free enterprise; if you love those, learn to love the state of Israel. And then find an arena in which to fight for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hill said Hegseth\u2019s Christian nationalism, rooted in fundamentalist Christianity, is key to understanding his perspective on Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cHe is centering Israel in everything because of theology,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an eschatology and a prophetic interpretation the Book of Revelations \u2013 the Second Coming, Armageddon, the return of Jesus that is really important, and Israel is central to that eschatology.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-26\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Our US morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;us-morning-newsletter&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Our US morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-26\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/22\/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">previously reported<\/a> that Hegseth, who has a tattoo of the crusader motto \u201cDeus vult\u201d, similarly presented the struggle against \u201cinternal\u201d or \u201cdomestic enemies\u201d as a \u201ccrusade\u201d or \u201choly war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In AC, he explicitly connects this domestic crusade with his support for Israel, writing that \u201cwe have domestic enemies, and we have international allies \u2026 it\u2019s time to reach out to people who value the same principles, relearn lessons from them, and form stronger bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth writes in AC that Israel, along with the European far right and Brexit, are among the overseas reservoirs of American values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cAmericanism is alive in Israel, where Benjamin Netanyahu boldly stands against international antisemitism and Islamism,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth continues: \u201cAmericanism is alive in the hearts of Brexiters in the United Kingdom who yearn for national sovereignty. Americanism is alive in places such as Poland, which reject the globalist visions of leftist bureaucrats in old Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Israel, meanwhile, \u201ccontinues to vanquish its Islamist foes \u2013 thanks to the big, beautiful wall and big, beautiful army it has built,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Earlier this week, the international criminal court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/21\/why-did-icc-issue-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-and-what-are-the-implications\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">issued<\/a> a warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu over the conduct of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-will-rip-your-arms-off-and-feed-them-to-hogs\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\">\u2018We will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In 2024\u2019s The War on Warriors, Hegseth argues at length that US forces should ignore the Geneva conventions and other elements of international law governing the conduct of war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In the book, Hegseth asks: \u201cThe key question of our generation \u2013 of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan \u2013 is way more complicated: what do you do if your enemy does not honor the Geneva conventions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe never got an answer. Only more war. More casualties. And no victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth\u2019s answer is that the conventions should be ignored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWhat if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?\u201d he asks. \u201cWould that not be an incentive for the other side to reconsider their barbarism? Hey, Al Qaeda: if you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He then writes: \u201cWe are just fighting with one hand behind our back \u2013 and the enemy knows it \u2026 If our warriors are forced to follow rules arbitrarily and asked to sacrifice more lives so that international tribunals feel better about themselves, aren\u2019t we just better off winning our wars according to our own rules?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He continues: \u201cWho cares what other countries think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hill said Hegseth\u2019s rhetoric blamed \u201cliberal ideas\u201d for military defeat in a way that resembled the narratives far-right movements have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_stab-in-the-back_myth\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">historically<\/a> used to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stab-in-the-back_myth\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">scapegoat<\/a> their political <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">opponents<\/a> for military defeats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth concludes the discussion by writing: \u201cIf we\u2019re going to send our boys to fight \u2013 and it should be boys \u2013 we need to unleash them to win.\u201d He adds: \u201cThey need them to be the most ruthless. The most uncompromising. The most overwhelmingly lethal as they can be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe must break the enemy\u2019s will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hegseth, who in 2019 persuaded Trump to pardon US soldiers charged or convicted of war crimes, then writes: \u201cOur troops will make mistakes, and when they do, they should get the overwhelming benefit of the doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/25\/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth, Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of defense, has attacked several key US alliances such as Nato, allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the United Nations &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129992\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}