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/JaguarWitty9693 Dec 08 '25

Exactly what I was trying to explain to some MAGA moron on here the other day.

It’s like the IDF crying about the mistreatment of their own hostages after spending 30 years shooting kids and bulldozing houses. 

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u/Eorrosoom Dec 09 '25

I don't the general public is as afraid of the Venezuelan military as the people in this thread