Well, howdy there, internet people, it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Heggseth, Giving Quarter, Checklists, and Questions.

After the recent video about Hegss's comment and the three-time Trump Voting Marine Vet,

who is apparently done with the entire Republican Party over the comment.

A bunch of questions came in about the checklist and the concept of no quarter.

If you missed all of this, the Secretary of Defense said, quote,

We will keep pressing, keep pushing, keep advancing.

No quarter. No mercy for our enemy.

So, one of the questions that came in over and over is a simple one.

What is no quarter and is it illegal?

Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. That's one of the senators the

administration was super mad at for reminding troops of their duty to disobey unlawful orders, said

quote, No quarter isn't some wannabe tough guy line. It means something. In order to give no quarter would mean to take no

prisoners and kill them instead. That would violate the law of armed conflict. It would be an

illegal order. It would also put American service members at greater risk. Pete Hegg says

should know better than to throw around terms like

this. Just in case you're one of those who don't trust Democratic senators, that is what no quarter means,

and the regulations concerning the laws and customs of war on land, which the U.S. ratified in 1909, says, quote,

it is especially forbidden to kill or wound an enemy, who having laid down his arms, or having

no longer means of defense, has surrendered at discretion. It is also quote,

especially forbidden to declare that no quarter will be given.

No quarter is prohibited in a ton of other ways and places as well.

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