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terminalshortyesterday at 10:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

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ceejayozyesterday at 11:21 PM

We blew up shipwrecked survivors a few weeks ago, which is a textbook example of a war crime.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attac...

> Two survivors of the initial attack later appeared to wave at the aircraft after clambering aboard an overturned piece of the hull, before the military killed them in a follow-up strike that also sank the wreckage. It is not clear whether the initial survivors knew that the explosion on their vessel had been caused by a missile attack.

And "textbook" is not an exaggeration.

https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-survivors-hegseth-72...

> The Pentagon’s own manual on the laws of war describes a scenario similar to the Sept. 2 boat strike when discussing when service members should refuse to comply with unlawful orders. “For example,” the manual says, “orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”

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refulgentistoday at 1:37 AM

The decision explicitly says anything you do is de facto legal.

I won't talk down to you like you talked down to me. I will continue to talk up to you, if neutral in this comment. What you said was unnecessary.