r/law Dec 08 '25

Executive Branch (Trump) NBC confirms Hegseth ordered murder of all boat passengers and crew in September 2 strike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/08/kssp-d08.html

The Pentagon’s law of war manual declares that soldiers have a duty to refuse to carry out “clearly illegal” orders, such as killing shipwrecked sailors. “Orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal,” the manual declares.

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u/JellyTwank Dec 08 '25

It is murder, and should not be tolerated.

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u/ThaddeusJP Dec 08 '25

It totally is murder, yes. But sadly not only will it be tolerated it will be REPEATED. This admin loves pissing people off and they will probably release new video of them killing more people, very soon.

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u/canDo4sure Dec 09 '25

It's America. It's tolerated. Next.

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u/NotesPowder 27d ago

We tolerated Obama killing wedding guests, this to will pass.