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> that by WWII standards, would have been seen as a cowardly violation of the rules of war Source? Torpedoing anything with the enemy flag, down to civilian bo
by JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
> that by WWII standards, would have been seen as a cowardly violation of the rules of war
Source? Torpedoing anything with the enemy flag, down to civilian boats and merchant marines, was normalized by centuries of precedent by WWII.
- defrost 8mo ago“failing to do everything possible to rescue those aboard is certainly a war crime,” as the Second Geneva Convention requires militaries to take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded, and sick.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo agoWhat are you quoting?
- tptacek 8mo ago"the co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ New Internationalism Project".
- defrost 8mo agoAhh, cheers for that - busy morning & I failed to circle back. This instance is hardly clear cut .. I put more effort into this peer comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47559796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47559796