Trump's war-crimes pardons brand the United States as a nation that loves its outlaws, from the White House right on down through the ranks. ed_kilgore writes
Our new military ethos? Photo: Courtesy of the vendor Donald Trump made it pretty clear when he was running for president that he thinks compliance with international laws of war offends his America First principles and his zest for inflicting maximum lethal force on any population that harbors enemies, broadly construed. He has repeatedly endorsed the use of torture against terrorism suspects and has advocated killing the civilian family members of enemy combatants.
Trump, while monitoring much of the reaction in newspapers and cable news last month, had not expected the blowback to be as fierce and widespread among veterans as it was. Eventually, he decided to tap the brakes on the highly controversial idea, with the possibility of revisiting it in the future. Top military leaders have pushed back hard against clearing the three men. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy have argued that such a move would undermine the military code of justice and would serve as a bad example to other troops in the field, administration officials said.
Morality and military discipline aside, Trump’s pardons violate the traditional understanding that humane treatment of civilians and POWs by the U.S. military has significant national-security value, as David Frum noted:
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