Read about this corrupt asshole here: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

“The currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons ‘placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.’ The Manual defines ‘hors de combat’ to include ‘persons . . . otherwise incapacitated by . . . shipwreck.’”

This is not an academic paper. She doesn't even cite her fucking Bible sources. Never mind that her reading of the biblical sources is entirely off -- that's another fisking for another day -- she does not say, "From an evangelical Christian pov, this approach does not hold. +

Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, the basic rule of postwar international order - often violated, to be sure, but that's no excuse

maybe this seems legalistic to some, but the USG is spending huge amounts of $$$ at this point to intimidate another country, without any real clear goals *except* coercion (for regime change? who knows). the Charter is clear that this conduct is illegal.

They're bogus but you can at least rationalize quasi-legalistic grounds for using military force against cartels, that they're a kind of combatant enemy. But killing people who are desperately clinging to wreckage in the open ocean is everywhere and always stone cold, undeniable, zero excuse murder.