department of war criminals: who should be in the dock right now

by rebelzva & cptxbonnot 2026

the department of defense was quietly renamed the department of war in january 2025 (executive order 14211).

here are the individuals who should be indicted for war crimes under the rome statute, geneva conventions, and customary international law.

1. Lloyd J. Austin III – Secretary of War (2025–present)

– Direct command responsibility for the February 28 strikes on Iranian sovereign territory that killed General Hossein Salami and 47 civilians

– Approved use of GBU-57 MOP bunker-busters on civilian infrastructure

– Signed off on total blockade of Iranian ports → collective punishment

2. General Charles Q. Brown Jr. – Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

– Planned and executed Operation Iron Resolve (March 2026) that destroyed three Iranian hospitals

– Authorized wide-area effect weapons in Tehran suburbs → indiscriminate attack

3. General Erik Kurilla – Commander, CENTCOM

– On-site commander for the assassination of IRGC leadership

– Personally approved drone strikes on residential areas of Isfahan

4. Admiral Lisa Franchetti – Chief of Naval Operations

– Ordered total naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz → starvation as method of warfare

5. Donald J. Trump – Commander-in-Chief

– Publicly ordered “total destruction” of Iranian civilian infrastructure (Truth Social, March 3, 2026)

– Explicitly rejected distinction between combatants and civilians

Legal violations (specific articles)

– Rome Statute Article 8(2)(b)(i), (iv), (xxv)

– Geneva IV Article 33 (collective punishment)

– Additional Protocol I Article 51(5)(b) (indiscriminate attack)

6. Pete Hegseth – Secretary of War (confirmed March 2025)

– Direct command responsibility for the March 15–18 “Operation Iron Hammer” strikes on Iranian civilian targets

– Publicly stated on Fox News (March 14, 2026): “We will turn Tehran into a parking lot if they twitch” — constitutes incitement to genocide (Article 25(c) Rome Statute)

– Approved use of thermobaric weapons in residential districts of Isfahan — banned under customary law and CCW Protocol III

– Ordered total naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz without regard for humanitarian corridors → starvation as method of warfare (Geneva IV, Article 23)

– Signed off on “shoot-to-kill” orders for any vessel attempting to run the blockade, including humanitarian aid ships (March 22 incident: 14 Red Crescent crew killed)

Legal violations (specific to Hegseth)

– Rome Statute Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) – starvation as method of warfare

– Article 8(2)(b)(iv) – excessive incidental civilian harm

– Article 25(c) – direct and public incitement

Hegseth replaced Austin after the latter resigned in protest.

He is the public face of the escalation.

No immunity.

No statute of limitations.

No “just following orders.”

The Hague is waiting.

— rebelzva & cptxbonnot 🖤🏴

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