Hegseth issues an illegal order.

SmarterthanYou said:
and as a supposed lawyer, you think that 'the law is the law', yet on the ground combat, like law enforcement having broad discretion due to rapidly evolving circumstances, gets a lot of latitude. Trying to prosecute something like this is almost a guaranteed loss for you.
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He is no lawyer. He never worked for a law firm in any capacity. He's not even qualified to be a receptionist.
 
Jarod said:
Two lawmakers who viewed the video said the survivors’ wave appeared to be an appeal for help from a U.S. military aircraft. Bradley told the members of Congress that they could have been signaling to other vessels to help them finish their drug run, but noted a surveillance drone detected no other boats in the immediate vicinity. - WSJ, https://www.wsj.com/
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Irrelevant.

It legal to destroy the ships of pirates and smugglers, Pretender.
 
In general, terrorists are not covered by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) unless they are specifically subject to U.S. military jurisdiction (such as active duty service members) or are tried by a military commission during wartime. The UCMJ primarily applies to personnel within the U.S. armed forces.

No, terrorists are generally not directly covered as protected persons under the Geneva Conventions because they aren't part of recognized state armed forces or civilians not participating in hostilities, often falling under categories like "unlawful combatants" or "unprivileged belligerents," meaning they don't automatically get POW status
 
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