J. Kay
@left-not-right.bsky.social
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The notion that the shipwrecked calling for help is a "hostile act" b/c it might enable salvage of part of the cargo (supposedly a military objective) strikes me as absurd. And would risk gutting the protection of the shipwrecked.
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This really lays bare how absurd the manufactured war theory is:
A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
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8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
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7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
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6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
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5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
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4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
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3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
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2/ The Hegseth-approved contingency plan:
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
2/ The Hegseth-approved contingency plan:
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
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This is a lesson Canadian university programs keep having to learn as well. Incorporate your student media as separate non-profits, or at least underneath your student union. Do not, under any circumstances, put them under a university department.
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is a lesson Canadian university programs keep having to learn as well. Incorporate your student media as separate non-profits, or at least underneath your student union. Do not, under any circumstances, put them under a university department.