Some comparison as to why the order to kill survivors was a war crime

Is the Secretary of War in the direct chain of command?​


For what it is worth, T. A. Gardner is wrong.

Yes. According to the organizational description in the search results, the President and the Secretary of Defense/Secretary of War form the two-person top of the lawful military chain of command.

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The Department of Defense organizational page states:

  • “The President of the United States is… the Commander‑in‑Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
  • “The Secretary of Defense is the ‘Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense,’ and is vested with statutory authority… including military command authority second only to the President.”
This explicitly places the Secretary of Defense/War directly beneath the President in the chain of command.

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From the search results, the chain of command runs:

1. President​


2. Secretary of Defense / Secretary of War​


3. Combatant Commanders (CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, etc.)​

Service Secretaries (Army, Navy, Air Force) are not in the operational chain of command.The Joint Chiefs of Staff are advisors, not commanders.

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The Secretary of War is in the direct operational chain of command from the President to the military commanders. He is the only civilian between the President and the combatant commanders.
 
Tobytone said:
Poor Dicky can directly quote me but can't say what is wrong with the quote, lol. He can't defend his 3rd grade thinking either. The poor bastard has no idea what the 'scandal' is, he just believes that 'Trump bad' like every other radicalized drone.
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Poor Toby the toddler doesn't realize that when he agrees with someone he is adopting their position. How deep in the cult do you have to be to get to that point with your thinking?
 
Poor Richard Saunders said:
Poor Toby the toddler doesn't realize that when he agrees with someone he is adopting their position. How deep in the cult do you have to be to get to that point with your thinking?
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What position, you absolute moron? Can you even explain the 'scandal' you're whining about? I've asked five times and still got nothing. Anyone else clueless? Poor Dicky sure is.

Did Trump give the order or not? Pete give it or not? Is the scandal that it happened at all? That Pete did it and Trump claims he never knew? That Trump ordered it but now pretends he didn't? Spit it out, genius, what exactly is the scandal?

All I know is Chuck Schumer wants the video released because he thinks America will clutch pearls and beg to stop blasting boats full of narco-terrorist scum and their drugs. Good luck, dumbasses.

You drones will probably sob for those 'poor bastards' clinging to the hull, just innocent dads trying to feed families, who'll totally quit the cartel after this scare, right? Oh and I forgot, they're not really terrorists at all according to poor Dicky s twisted logic or lack of logic. (Actually it's because he's a drone and is repeating what he's heard on The View)

Tell us, with your TDS-rotted radicalized libtard brain, what the actual scandal is. We'll wait.
 
Tobytone said:
What position, you absolute moron? Can you even explain the 'scandal' you're whining about? I've asked five times and still got nothing. Anyone else clueless? Poor Dicky sure is.

Did Trump give the order or not? Pete give it or not? Is the scandal that it happened at all? That Pete did it and Trump claims he never knew? That Trump ordered it but now pretends he didn't? Spit it out, genius, what exactly is the scandal?

All I know is Chuck Schumer wants the video released because he thinks America will clutch pearls and beg to stop blasting boats full of narco-terrorist scum and their drugs. Good luck, dumbasses.

You drones will probably sob for those 'poor bastards' clinging to the hull, just innocent dads trying to feed families, who'll totally quit the cartel after this scare, right? Oh and I forgot, they're not really terrorists at all according to poor Dicky s twisted logic or lack of logic. (Actually it's because he's a drone and is repeating what he's heard on The View)

Tell us, with your TDS-rotted radicalized libtard brain, what the actual scandal is. We'll wait.
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Do you have dementia? Or did the cult eat your brain?
Here you are in one of the times you said TA was correct about Hegseth not being in the chain of command.
Tobytone said:
TA already spoon-fed you how military orders and chain of command work like you're five years old. He was way too nice about it. Did you thank him? Of course not. You doubled down like the obedient little drone you are.
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Here is my post after you later said Hegseth was in the chain of command

Poor Richard Saunders said:
First you argue that Hegseth is NOT in the chain of command and the you argue that he IS in the chain of command.
Hegseth authorized the strikes. The WH said that. They didn't say he passed on the command. Are you calling the Trump administration liars?
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The scandal seems to be that you don't think facts matter but you can rely on idiotic cult fantasies to support your opinion.
 
Toby will say something, then absolutely reverse himself while denying that he is doing so.

So, according to Toby, Hegseth is both in and not in the chain of command.

I have shown that he certainly is in the chain.
 
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