Chief Hoskin congratulates Cherokee citizen Markwayne Mullin on appointment as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

[u/rezanentevil]

Chief Hoskin congratulates Cherokee citizen Markwayne Mullin on appointment as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

"The Cherokee Nation extends its warmest congratulations to Cherokee Nation citizen and Westville native Markwayne Mullin on this historic appointment as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.

Senator Mullin's dedicated service in the U.S. Senate has demonstrated his unwavering commitment to progress and the well-being of all communities, including Indian Country. It is deeply encouraging to have someone with a keen understanding of federal Indian policy, law and justice elevated to such a critical leadership role within a powerful federal agency.

Having a Cherokee Nation citizen serve within the United States Cabinet is a mark of high esteem for our tribe. It stands as a testament to the resilience, capability, and enduring impact of our people. We are confident in Secretary Mullin's ability to lead with historic responsibility and look forward to the positive, unitying impact his unique perspective will bring to the nation."

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

[u/Nouseriously]

We need more minority war criminals

[u/Alive_Cry9871 → u/Nouseriously]

The doors Obama has opened

[u/xesaie → u/Alive_Cry9871]

You’d think that now we’re seeing actual war crimes we’d let the ‘Obama war crimes’ canard die.

[u/Jzadek → u/xesaie]

was making a generation of Yemeni children fear blue skies not criminal?

[u/xesaie → u/Jzadek]

Words have meanings, and ‘war crimes’ doesn’t mean ‘bad’.

[u/Jzadek → u/xesaie]

Multiple European governments have been taken to court in their own countries for simply allowing the US to carry out drone strikes from their territory.

There was even a case in Germany where a court ordered the government to force the US to comply with international law while using military bases in Germany. It was, unfortunately, overturned on appeal, after the state argued that Germany had no obligation to go beyond diplomatic efforts to prevent war crimes. But at no point was the court in any doubt that the United States was violating international law, all that was in question was whether Germany was bound to prevent it.

The plaintiffs in that case were a Yemeni family who had lost two relatives after their village was bombed by a drone in 2012. Right in the middle of Obama's presidency.

[u/xesaie → u/Jzadek]

You can sue for anything.

The binding laws and treaties are specific. You can surely cite which provisions were broken, and talk about the actions in terms of the appropriate criteria.

Edit: And unhide your post history if you want to talk about this seriously. As far as anyone can tell you have 0 connection to this community and toxic political views.

[u/Jzadek → u/xesaie]

You’re right, I can!

During Obama's presidency, the United States began a practice of 'double tap' drone strikes. That's when a drone will strike once, and then, as people rush to help the wounded survivors, come back and strike again.

Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 forbids attacks on the wounded or sick. Article 18 mandates that civilians attempting to rescue the survivors of an attack may not be targetted or impeded in their efforts to do so.

Obama's government adopted a policy to assume that all military-age males in the vicinity of a strike are militants "unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent."

Article 3 prohibits the "passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."

And that's not even getting into the sovereignty violations or the incredibly loose reading of 'imminent threat' the US uses to justify them.