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12/07/2025

👉 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: This article is a commentary on the current rash and unproven allegations against Pete Hegseth and explores how wild accusations by unnamed or even named sources do not represent fact. The alleged quotes from both the Obama officials and Pete Hegseth are not supported by any evidence. And this was the point of the article. Due to misunderstandings of the intent of the article, we are updating it to more clearly make this point.

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲” 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝: 𝐈𝐟 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚-𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 A𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

When anonymous sources told 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 that Pete Hegseth personally ordered a second strike on wounded survivors in the September 2025 Caribbean boat incident with the words “𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲,” the reaction was instantaneous: war-crime accusations, bipartisan calls for resignation, threats of UCMJ prosecution, and wall-to-wall cable coverage demanding he be fired or impeached.

But what if the exact same accusation — a Secretary of Defense personally issuing a verbal “finish them all / kill everybody / no survivors” order — was leveled at Obama-era Pentagon chiefs? What if the alleged sourcing was actually stronger than the current Hegseth allegations? Do you think they would ever face a single congressional hearing or calls demanding their resignations? No.

👉 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭:
🔸 Unnamed Obama Official – “𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝.” December 17, 2009, al-Majalah, Yemen – 41–55 civilians, 21 children, cluster-munition massacre.
🔸 Unnamed Obama Official – “𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐬 — 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬." October 14, 2011, Shabwa, Yemen – lunch-time minibus, 12–15 civilians.
🔸 Unnamed Obama Official – “𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 — 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝.” December 12, 2013, Radda wedding convoy, Yemen – 12–17 wedding guests.
🔸 Unnamed Obama Official – “𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.” January 15, 2015, Shawal Valley double-tap, Pakistan – 7–12 civilians, including three schoolteachers.
🔸 Unnamed Obama Official – “𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.” October 3, 2015, Kunduz MSF hospital – 42 doctors, patients, and children strafed for over an hour.
🔸 Unnamed Obama Officials – “𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 — 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.” January 31, 2015, hostage strike, Yemen – American and Italian hostages killed in follow-up missiles.

These quotes are purported on social media to come from named sources, sworn testimony, or declassified documents, and are said to be stronger sourcing than the Hegseth allegations. Which came from “two unnamed defense officials with direct knowledge” who are being treated as unimpeachable sources against him.

𝐈𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, there is no evidence that he did, just as there is no evidence that the Obama official made their statements. Where is the accountability for the members of the press whose news policies are “could be” instead of being backed by hard evidence? The six incidents are fact, the actions and casualties are real, just as are the actions and casualties in the Caribbean. But the quotes are false.

Until someone can explain why a single anonymously sourced verbal order is suddenly a career-ending war crime in 2025, while many wild accusations about Obama officials over the years were shrugged off, the American people are entitled to call this exactly what it is: a partisan, selective, and politically convenient double standard.

The journalistic rulebook apparently only started applying the day Pete Hegseth took the oath.

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