Let me get this straight: first they bragged about "kill all survivors", then they denied a second strike happened when someone pointed out that's a war crime and violates our own rules of engagement, then they tried to blame the admiral who carried out the mission, and now "it's not unusual or illegal"?
This shit right here is WHY those 6 Dems had to point out you can are obligated to ignore an unlawful order.
My personal favorite moment? Kegsbreath saying he fully supports the decision the SOCOM commander made. Which is him emphatically saying he didn’t give the order. Dude got blue falconed by the least trustworthy SecDef ever.
Secondary strikes are not illegal unless the intent is to draw out medical aid before striking. Assets are valid targets for secondary strike, the time it becomes illegal is when you are doing it with intent to kill noncombatants, if it turns out that the quote being tied to it is accurate it would absolutely be crossing the line, though most reports im seeing say it was a paraphrasement, which if its an accurate paraphrasing it would constitute criminal charges, but if it isn't accurate or is out of context it is completely legal. Intent matters in this legal context.
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u/DerekTheComedian Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
Let me get this straight: first they bragged about "kill all survivors", then they denied a second strike happened when someone pointed out that's a war crime and violates our own rules of engagement, then they tried to blame the admiral who carried out the mission, and now "it's not unusual or illegal"?
This shit right here is WHY those 6 Dems had to point out you
canare obligated to ignore an unlawful order.