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in2herbs

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3. If they have immunity for the killing, do they have immunity for complying with the orders to kill? And, if they have

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:28 PM

13 hrs ago

immunity to both orders why are they complying???

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U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says [View all] BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP

shithole and the Pentagon are......................... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #1

The word "Nuremburg" means nothing to them... NotHardly 11 hrs ago #12

He's got that immunity Polybius 8 hrs ago #20

That's what Hitler told his gestapo. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #2

If they have immunity for the killing, do they have immunity for complying with the orders to kill? And, if they have in2herbs 13 hrs ago #3

Making it legal don't make it right. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #4

It would be a law "more honored in the breach than the observance" ananda 13 hrs ago #6

Sounds like you could be contract lawyer. One that is an expert in contracts, not a temp hire. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #7

I guess an old English teacher will have to do. ananda 13 hrs ago #8

Reading and interpreting. twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #15

International Criminal Court 2na fisherman 13 hrs ago #5

They are powerless here though Polybius 8 hrs ago #21

Maybe not while you guiys are in control. BUT bluestarone 12 hrs ago #9

Remember Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki? He was a native-born US citizen killed by a drone strike on September 30, 2011, 24601 12 hrs ago #10

Comparing the al-Awlaki case to these continuing attacks on boats is quite the stretch Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #14

Anything can be challenged, and should be. Wtf. nt miyazaki 11 hrs ago #11

An incorrect and meaningless legal opinion. TomSlick 10 hrs ago #13

They will probably try to hold it to the same level BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #19

Perhaps. TomSlick 8 hrs ago #23

... Solly Mack 10 hrs ago #16

How convenient.... Quanto Magnus 10 hrs ago #17

Just following orders. Right? n/t Munu 10 hrs ago #18

Probably kevinore 8 hrs ago #22

Nuremberg NewEnglandAutumn 8 hrs ago #24

John Yoo and Alberto Gonzalez come to mind. Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #25

Somebody probably told the Gestapo and the SS the same thing. Turbineguy 7 hrs ago #26

The international courts may disagree as will American courts JT45242 7 hrs ago #27

John Yoo also wrote an opinion claiming water boarding was not torture. surfered 7 hrs ago #28

So..... COL Mustard 7 hrs ago #29

Says you. kacekwl 7 hrs ago #30

Didn't a number of German officers and soldiers try the defence that they were just following orders? cstanleytech 4 hrs ago #31

America has an unfortunate track record on extra judicial killings. Aussie105 1 hr ago #32

i can forsee i latin american government kidnapping top us officials and putting them on trial moonshinegnomie 1 hr ago #33