Placing U.S. Troops in Middle East Hotels May Violate Laws of War

> U.S. commanders have kept many troops away from bases in the region to protect them from Iran’s ballistic missile attacks. If another country did that, we’d say they were using civilians as human shields. If Iran did it, Israel would double-tap every hotel in the country.

The. Administration. Doesn’t. Care.

That's like saying J. D. Vance *might* select only the finest quality couches for his personal enjoyment. It's a certainty in this administration.

Really? We - US - don't have the actual logistics ( temporary bases, housing etc.) to support our troops he wants to put in? Instead they stay at the mid-east of Motel 6's only to get harassed/shot at by locals. ffs. It's more and more embarrassing by the hour.

"Laws? lol" \- Trump

I’m sure they’re violating a few laws of war.

Doing illegal things, committing crimes, and *still losing*.

This is genuinely some laughable shit. I can easily picture Hegseth’s flunkies phone call to Dubai something like this: ‘We’d like to attack your neighbors on behalf of Israel. I’d go into it, but it’s this whole thing. Anyway, do you have any rooms you can put us up in? Maybe an air bnb? Yeah? Great. So do they serve breakfast, because wars definitely being out hunger in the morning. Continental? Ok. I mean, we all like eggs and bacon, but war is hell- am I right? Cool. Thanks. We’ll send out payment through Stripe. You guys use Stripe, right? Cool.’

So, that's par for the course then.

When Iran struck some hotels a couple weeks ago, I immediately thought, "oh there must have been US military or CIA in those buildings." Anyway, I was banned from worldnews for it. Badge of honor.

Never mind the fact that it is a real strain on Housekeeping. Do you clean the gun, around the gun or what? And if the "Do NOT disturb" sign is out...seriously...DO NOT DISTURB.

Why aren’t any U.S. soldiers speaking out about the war crimes they are now a party to?

Warm blankets

Cowards. 

Oh, the writers didn’t get the memo! Nothing matters anymore!

>The U.S. military’s decision to move troops away from bases under Iranian attack to hotels and office spaces in civilian areas may amount to violations of international humanitarian law and the U.S. military’s own laws of war, human rights officials and experts say. Sort of like Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields, really. Though to be fair, Hamas thought that through carefully, whereas the Trump regime was probably more interested in arranging contracts to fill up hotels based on what hotel owners offered the biggest kickback, and just forgot to give a shit about nearby civilians.

Honestly Trump can do whatever he wants in the Middle East.  Who cares?  It’s thousands of miles away.  As long as we get healthcare and good wages, let’s focus on things that actually matter.