We are not in a declared or authorized war that I am aware of, so it is likely MURDER.
WAR CRIME when in a war
MURDER when not in war....
Is what the ex JAGS said in their piece on this....the ones that were fired by the Trump admin, who were the Military Brass advisors. Some with 20 years of military legal expertise as JAGS....they were fired across the Army, Air Force Marines,leaving the commanders with no strong legal experts to rely on....
Trump says he had nothing to do with this and says Hegseth made that decision on his own to double dip his kills.... threw him under the bus once he saw the news of War Crimes or murder....
You know Trump made the call to leave no man alive ....before any of the operations began....well, I'd in the least would be surprised if Hegseth made that call on his own....Bondi can't make a call on her own, Rubio can't either, nor can Kristi the cosplay witch....they are all given initial direction by Trump.... Trump's saying Hegseth winged this on his own....I'm still at, maybe....or maybe not?
Best to handle it saying it is all Hegseth's on his own.... for Trump. Then after the trial, Trump can pardon Hegseth....the Commander that made the kill, might be executed or imprisoned for life and I doubt Trump would care much about him.
Note that Hegseth has given opinions in the past about being more vicious and uncivilized in war, than we are when fighting terror.....so, maybe he could have winged this by himself??