usagi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 hours agoPete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down12
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkPete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'www.nbcnews.comusagi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·32 minutes agoCan someone explain to me why this second strike is such a big deal but the first isn’t?
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 minutes agoIt’s just always cut and dry, firing on the ship wrecked is always illegal they are considered non-combatants at that point. This is actually the example they use of an illegal order in the DOD manual. Page 1117 18.3.2.1 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23892053-dod-law-of-war-manual-june-2015-updated-july-2023/
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 minutes agoBecause it’s illegal to shoot survivors of a ship you have sunk.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 minutes agoI understand this. My question was, why it wasn’t illegal to shoot the ship in the first place.
Can someone explain to me why this second strike is such a big deal but the first isn’t?
It’s just always cut and dry, firing on the ship wrecked is always illegal they are considered non-combatants at that point.
This is actually the example they use of an illegal order in the DOD manual.
Page 1117 18.3.2.1 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23892053-dod-law-of-war-manual-june-2015-updated-july-2023/
Because it’s illegal to shoot survivors of a ship you have sunk.
I understand this. My question was, why it wasn’t illegal to shoot the ship in the first place.