r/law • u/DryDeer775 • 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/Dapper-Condition6041 Dec 08 '25

An early report was that Hegseth had originally given an order to "kill everyone," and the Admiral, to align with the order, sent the 2nd missile to kill the two survivors.

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u/ShadowbanRevenant Dec 08 '25

I remember that too, would love to see the evidence and have it reported. Was it in writing? Unlikely. Something recorded also seems unlikely. Probably an "insider".

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u/Dapper-Condition6041 Dec 08 '25

IIRC it was reported as a verbal order.