The suggestion that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or his officials targeted shipwrecked survivors has been galvanizing because that would apparently be a war crime even if one accepts Trump officials’ broader argument for the strike campaign.
Hegseth Ordered Lethal Boat Strike but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say
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