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    War Crimes Are Not Difficult to Discern

    The president’s latest pardons reveal that he wants his fighters unconstrained by modern laws of armed conflict.
    by Graeme Wood Nov 17, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

    Two men accused of war crimes received presidential pardons on Friday, and a third had his demotion reversed. Donald Trump has earned jeers from predictable quarters: men and women in uniform who see these pardons as cheapening their oaths and dishonoring their service; fans of human rights and justice for victims; and, of course, people who simply dislike the president and consider his decisions defective by default.

    Trump’s loudest defender is a Fox News correspondent, Pete Hegseth, who lobbied for these interventions and received advance word of them from Trump himself. Hegseth, a decorated veteran, argued that these men were betrayed by elements, correcting himself seconds later. “So-called war crimes.”

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