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Outlaw Star, maybe?
If we don’t put a quarter mile of parking in front of this store the people that live a mile away won’t come to it. Because it fronts a 6 lane stroad with a 45mph speed limit. But we need the stroad because otherwise they can’t drive.
It’s also a poison pill. Democratic Congressperson votes against it because of the transphobic amendments, so Republican opponent can run attack ads saying they voted against election security.
Remember when he accused Zelenskyy of starting a war so that he could suspend Ukrainian elections?
Every accusation a confession.
Completely agree with your replies.
I’ll also add to your second point: while Donitz was acquitted for unrestricted submarine warfare, he was convicted for conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, and of initiating and sustaining an international war of aggression.
And as for the Laconia Order, recall that:
- the charges against Donitz were for attacking neutral shipping; a concern for not rescuing survivors of a warship wasn’t in question
- he was anyways acquitted for the third charge … attacking merchant shipping aiding a war effort is lawful.
So yes, it may offend you, but “all possible” in this case meant “not possible”. A belligerent is not required to give up its right to self defense. For a submarine, that means not surfacing and remaining undetectable.
Armed conflict is often cruel, but that doesn’t inherently make it unlawful.
I haven’t seen much detailed reporting, but it sounds like the Iranians themselves made a distress call and the Sri Lankans responded.
Also, the submarine was likely operating independently. If they were in fleet ops, they wouldn’t have engaged with a torpedo. There wouldn’t be a U.S. ship to call.
Agreed.
… For a submarine with limited freeboard and maneuverability on the surface, no launches for small craft, and with no brig on board, collecting the shipwrecked might reasonably be construed as impossible.
It’s actually completely lawful to let them drown. Article 18 of the Second Geneva Convention only requires the belligerents to “take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked” …
Hostile actions by naval forces may be conducted in, on or over: (a) the territorial sea and internal waters, the land territories, the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf and, where applicable, the archipelagic waters, of belligerent States; (b) the high seas; and (c) subject to paragraphs 34 and 35, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of neutral States.
Sinking a lawful target in a neutral third nation’s EEZ is lawful. However the other matter — that war hasn’t been formally declared — should definitely be a concern here.
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SECTION III : ENEMY VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT EXEMPT FROM ATTACK Classes of vessels exempt from attack 47. The following classes of enemy vessels are exempt from attack: (a) hospital ships; (b) small craft used for coastal rescue operations and other medical transports; (c) vessels granted safe conduct by agreement between the belligerent parties including: (i) cartel vessels, e.g., vessels designated for and engaged in the transport of prisoners of war; (i) vessels engaged in humanitarian missions, including vessels carrying supplies indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, and vessels engaged in relief actions and rescue operations; (d) vessels engaged in transporting cultural property under special protection; (e) passenger vessels when engaged only in carrying civilian passengers; (f) vessels charged with religious, non-military scientifc or philanthropic missions, vessels collecting scientific data of likely military applications are not protected; (g) small coastal fishing vessels and small boats engaged in local coastal trade, but they are subject to the regulations of a belligerent naval commander operating in the area and to inspection; (h) vessels designated or adapted exclusively for responding to pollution incidents in the marine environment; (i) vessels which have surrendered; (i) life rafts and life boats.
“Unarmed” wouldn’t render a warship exempt from attack. By its very functionality as a surface combatant, it is a valid target until and unless it surrenders or is given “safe conduct” by the belligerents.
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Who says Chevron Deference is dead in America?
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Stolen Valor / Swolen Pallor
Except that a POC earned their leadership position, or a woman who says she was raped.
DraftKings wants your legislature.
@matthewccook5.bsky.social reports a DraftKings-backed super PAC is pouring $1.2M into Illinois Democratic primaries, backing candidates who’ll block tighter rules and higher taxes after the state’s per-bet tax cut into profits.
It will be investigated just as the deaths of Good and Pretti were: with a desired conclusion already in mind.
To be clear, I don't expect to be rescued by the government.
This ain't that, bruh.
But it's absolute garbage to tell US citizens to evacuate AFTER they've initiated a war of choice in the region and there are no outbound flights.
Stay safe Nate. I’m sorry you, your wife, your colleagues, and your students all have to deal with this.
Our school made the decision to continue with remote learning through at least the end of spring break, which starts next Friday.
They will then reassess based on events.
That's a green light for us to go but again: THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS.
State is saying to leave, but THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS.
I want to see the results out of Dallas, but Talarico is clearly in the driver’s seat here. Crockett is not meeting her benchmarks pretty much anywhere.
The second this race is called, we gotta put the infighting to rest and come together to ensure Ken Paxton does not become a U.S. Senator.
A man in a Waffen-SS uniform asks “Are we the imminent threat?”
16,000+ “Sudden Unintended Acceleration” crashes a year in the U.S.!
I have been waiting for the
it is a preemptive war
to prevent war
therefore cancels eachother
and is not an actual
WAR WAR
defense in Fox.
A photo of a light-colored cat with a gray face and ears and wide blue eyes. Unknown forces are holding up to the cat’s ear the handset of a beige antique-type touch tone phone. A rectangular speech bubble with a jagged tail has been drawn on the photo to indicate it is the sound coming out of the handset. Words inside the bubble read, ‘Maybe it will happen today…’
