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To: lastchance

My understanding is if the strike was to target survivors that could be considered a war crime. If however the strike was to sink the boat and as a result those two survivors died it would not be a war crime. AFAIK there is no duty to make sure all survivors are out of harm’s way when a military action continues beyond the initial action. It would be different if the survivors had been picked up and summarily executed.

Where I think the left is going is stating that Hegseth, after the initial strike and realizing there were two survivors, gave an order “to kill them all”, and a second strike was targeted at the survivors.


38 posted on 12/01/2025 6:41:43 PM PST by TiGuy22
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To: TiGuy22

I highly doubt Hegseth gave any such order. I am not well versed enough in laws which would apply in taking out suspected narco-terrorists to opine for sure it would be subject to rules of war.


39 posted on 12/01/2025 7:21:49 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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