1. El dilema legal: ¿Crimen de guerra o simple asesinato?
El debate principal se centra en la clasificación legal de los ataques, especialmente el segundo dirigido a los náufragos. Si Estados Unidos está en un "conflicto armado", la acción se considera un crimen de guerra (negación de cuartel). Si no hay guerra declarada, la acción se clasifica como asesinato simple en alta mar, sin importar la supuesta criminalidad de las víctimas.
- Since were not actually at war, these boat bombings are not war crimes. They are straight-up murders.
- Either there is a war thus killing shipwrecked sailors is a war crime or not thus murder on the high seas.
- Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats amounts to murder, said todd huntley, a former military lawyer...
- If the venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the venezuelan sailors werent enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. Its that simple.
2. La violación explícita del Manual de Ley de Guerra del Departamento de Defensa (DoD).
Múltiples expertos legales y exmilitares señalan que la orden de atacar a los sobrevivientes es una violación directa de las normas internas de las Fuerzas Armadas de EE. UU. El manual del DoD utiliza este escenario específico como el ejemplo paradigmático de una orden ilegal que debe ser desobedecida.
- To be clear, under the laws of war manual from dod, killing survivors of a shipwrecked enemy vessel is a war crime!
- The law of war manual from the department of defense is pretty direct here .orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.
- The literal textbook example from the dod laws of war manual about it clearly illegal orders that must be disobeyed is firing on the shipwrecked.
- The department of defense law of war manual specifies orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.
3. Precedentes históricos y llamados a la rendición de cuentas.
La práctica de matar a los náufragos ha sido condenada históricamente y castigada como crimen de guerra. Los críticos recuerdan los juicios de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y advierten que la defensa de "solo seguir órdenes" no exime de responsabilidad a nadie en la cadena de mando, desde los oficiales hasta los que ejecutaron el ataque.
- Several japanese and 1 german commander were executed after ww2 for the same offense.
- This is a war crime. Its no different than nazi submarines machine-gunning survivors from a ship they just torpedoed.
- The officers of u-852 were convicted of war crimes in 1945. Their crime? killing the survivors of a merchant ship they had torpedoed.
- Since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are patently illegal, anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.