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Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

These perfidious fucks...

The nonmilitary appearance is significant, according to legal specialists, because the administration has argued its lethal boat attacks are lawful — not murders — because President Trump “determined” the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels.

But the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”

After Maduro other countries are going to shoot first at US military craft coming at them and not responding.

So the US military launching attacks from aircraft disguised to be civilians, is other countries might then shoot first on civilian aircraft.

They're doing the same things to other countries that ICE is doing to Americans.

[-] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ngl the headline made me think they bombed a boat that had a civilian plane on it or something I was so confused till I read this comment

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lured an Iranian general to a diplomatic meeting to assassinate him in his first term. War crimes are his favorite past time

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