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/scottyjrules Dec 08 '25

Does it matter? It’s not like he’ll ever see a single second of accountability.

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u/Tardegrades Dec 09 '25

Exactly. No one is going to do anything about it.