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Alex Horton

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

Yeah.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

I mean, this certainly could fall under that.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

Like I said, I'm not the adjudicator.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

I will say the Department of Defense's manual has lines in there that says you should not follow an order that is illegal.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

And the example it gives is firing on someone that is shipwrecked.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

It just so happens that what we're talking about is an example.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

But then it just goes back to were they shipwrecked or were they not?

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

Yes, to put him on active duty, to try him on military court, yes.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

To say he has incited the military and he needs to come back and face discipline under military law.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

Yeah, that's right.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

I mean, the message they delivered was, you know, there is a responsibility for everyone to follow lawful orders and when the time comes for an illegal order to disobey it.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

And that's not a controversy.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

I mean, it is because it's political and these are Democrats.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

This is just the age we live in.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

But, you know, when you strip all that away, that is what you expect U.S.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

service members to do.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

It's hard to say what the connective tissue is between these missions and the larger military buildup.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

Because as I mentioned, 99.9% of the forces that are in the Caribbean are not striking the boats.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

This is done by a very small, select, elite crew of targeters and intelligence operatives.

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Was The U.S. Attack On A Venezuelan Boat A War Crime?

So then it becomes, okay, well, if they're not doing anything about the boats, or maybe they're supporting it in some ways, like intel or whatever...