There's never been such a rule on HN (other than an experiment we once tried for a few days, which failed).
That doesn't mean that all political submissions are cool on HN. If you want to read about how we approach this, see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... If there's still a question after reviewing that material, I'd like to know what it is.
You should have enough karma to downvote and flag this post if you think it goes against the rules. We can't expect the poor HN mods to enforce the rules 24/7
Aaaannnnd it's gone front the front page, that was quick
So how is the legal responsibility of the military being stated officially by the military “political”? You’re tired, I am too. But maybe your quarrel is with the people who are making this a question that needs answered, not the answer.
There are politics of the normal sort, then there re politics of the sort that transcend the normal. If for example, Trump declared war on China, I for one would hope that HN would put up a discussion thread so that smarter than average individuals meet to discuss important issues.
Basically what happens for very important non-technology news, is that users flag the post off the page (which is intended behavior according to the admins.) Then dang picks a post to resurrect and focus discussion on. I believe the last time this happened was when the US presidential election results came in.
