'Great way to go to jail': Hegseth's 'rules of engagement' threat sets off alarms

During a press conference at the Pentagon early morning, DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a belligerent defense of the attack on Iran, and sneered at traditional US allies over “pearl-clutching” and the press for spreading “fake news.”

At the same time, he set off a social media firestorm by promising he would set aside traditional rules of engagement designed to prevent war crimes.

After an over-the-top claim that the initial attack the US conducted the “most lethal aerial assault in history,” he boasted...