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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More illegal activity on the part of this administration:

[b]U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane[/b]
[i]Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”[/i]
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260113&instance_id=169179&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=76284337&segment_id=213558&user_id=6220629ffe78419def9b07accf35c694

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.

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.”[/quote]

Of course it’s a war crime. It’s a bad idea to put a target on civilian aircraft. The stupidity of this administration never ceases to amaze. Does hegseth listen to anyone? And whoever carried out these orders is on the hook too. [/quote]

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