Based on the facts recounted by the Senator, the two do sound “shipwrecked” for LOAC purposes.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Based on the facts recounted by the Senator, the two do sound “shipwrecked” for LOAC purposes.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
A deliberate, symbolic strike on civilian infrastructure with no case for military utility. As clear cut as LOAC violations come.
Given the President's Truth Social post just minutes ago, I think this may have been largely a symbolic strike.
April 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A deliberate, symbolic strike on civilian infrastructure with no case for military utility. As clear cut as LOAC violations come.
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Mashing the “threatening war crimes” button again.
The mere threat of such attacks may violate LOAC.
The mere threat of such attacks may violate LOAC.
Trump: "Next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges. We're gonna knock out all their power plants, we're gonna knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate."
July 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Mashing the “threatening war crimes” button again.
The mere threat of such attacks may violate LOAC.
The mere threat of such attacks may violate LOAC.
LOAC = Laws of Armed Combat, and he's right
In the LOAC legal world, what you’re invoking is called “target discrimination.”
Poor target discrimination is worthy of maximal criticism and can comprise a war crime if there is documented intent.
But it it not “genocide,” which is why genocide is not included in the ICC warrants for Likud
Poor target discrimination is worthy of maximal criticism and can comprise a war crime if there is documented intent.
But it it not “genocide,” which is why genocide is not included in the ICC warrants for Likud
August 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
LOAC = Laws of Armed Combat, and he's right
i uh, struggle to see how this is a lawful target under IHL/LOAC
It’s pretty strange that they went to the effort to specifically target, and reportedly kill, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has had no significant role in Iranian politics to my knowledge since the 2010s. Did they want to stop the weird hip-hop tweets?
March 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i uh, struggle to see how this is a lawful target under IHL/LOAC
this is not how LOAC works, and you'd think an ambassador would know this
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
this is not how LOAC works, and you'd think an ambassador would know this
the CAF has a nice diagram of how LOAC works:
March 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
the CAF has a nice diagram of how LOAC works:
*90% of 'legal scholars' (who don't do LOAC professionally)
90% of this site thinks the definition of a war crime is a thing they personally don't like.
September 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
*90% of 'legal scholars' (who don't do LOAC professionally)
welcome to LOAC
I hate to be unreasonable when I'm killing people
March 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
welcome to LOAC
none of the evidence provided here is a LOAC violation
BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
September 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
none of the evidence provided here is a LOAC violation
1) Targets of strikes are not "narcoterrorists."
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
Van Orden: "You gotta understand that average Americans do not care about these narcoterrorists at all. They care about the fact that their brothers & sisters and mothers and husbands have died of fentanyl overdoses. That's what we really truly care about. We care about our fellow American citizens"
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
1) Targets of strikes are not "narcoterrorists."
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
JSOC potentially using some of their secret squirrel covered air gizmos to murder people in a public-facing LOAC-violation-palooza is some real nonsense
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
JSOC potentially using some of their secret squirrel covered air gizmos to murder people in a public-facing LOAC-violation-palooza is some real nonsense
With apologies to LOAC-knowers:
It's a kind of perfidy
It's a kind of perfidy
The Springfield Ohio bullshit is like, the most pronounced and clear cut example of American moral rot I’ve seen in forever. Literally asking Haitians to come to revitalize your hollowed-out community, and then subjecting them to this racial terror and humiliation after they do? Fucking hell
August 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
With apologies to LOAC-knowers:
It's a kind of perfidy
It's a kind of perfidy
this is basic LOAC 101 but
children of combatants are *civilians* irregardless of their connection to combatants
children of combatants are *civilians* irregardless of their connection to combatants
August 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
this is basic LOAC 101 but
children of combatants are *civilians* irregardless of their connection to combatants
children of combatants are *civilians* irregardless of their connection to combatants
LOAC 100% speedrun
January 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
LOAC 100% speedrun
Made a similar point about LOAC, reciprocity, and attacks on regional energy infrastructure in an interview today.
Understanding why these LOAC rules exist and impressing that upon clients—up to and including POTUS—ought to be a critical skill for executive branch lawyers.
Understanding why these LOAC rules exist and impressing that upon clients—up to and including POTUS—ought to be a critical skill for executive branch lawyers.
April 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Made a similar point about LOAC, reciprocity, and attacks on regional energy infrastructure in an interview today.
Understanding why these LOAC rules exist and impressing that upon clients—up to and including POTUS—ought to be a critical skill for executive branch lawyers.
Understanding why these LOAC rules exist and impressing that upon clients—up to and including POTUS—ought to be a critical skill for executive branch lawyers.
i think we should change the law to hang the people responsible for the Iran war even if the LOAC technically protects them
September 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
i think we should change the law to hang the people responsible for the Iran war even if the LOAC technically protects them
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
September 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
I will not argue LOAC with the ignorant on my lunchbreak
LOAC violation fr
Gatorade shower with 2:30 on the clock is *obscene*
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
LOAC violation fr
The reasons states agreed to prohibit it under LOAC weren’t just humanitarian.
July 23, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The reasons states agreed to prohibit it under LOAC weren’t just humanitarian.
Inconvenient to acknowledge the provisions of LOAC when doing so might imply your boss committed a war crime.
Well done, @crow.house.gov.
Well done, @crow.house.gov.
"This is not leadership. Our service members deserve far better" -- Rep. Crow demolishes Adm Cooper for repeatedly refusing to acknowledge that the law of war manual prohibits declarations of no quarter like the one Hegseth made
May 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Inconvenient to acknowledge the provisions of LOAC when doing so might imply your boss committed a war crime.
Well done, @crow.house.gov.
Well done, @crow.house.gov.
LOAC according to this idiot
September 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
LOAC according to this idiot
Even if it had been a “Hamas” camera, that wouldn’t render this attack on a *hospital* lawful under LOAC.
Israel justified its strike on the Nasser Hospital, which killed six journalists and more than a dozen others, by claiming a "Hamas" camera was set up there.
The location they attacked is where Reuters and the AP livestream.
From me and others (see byline/contribs)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...
The location they attacked is where Reuters and the AP livestream.
From me and others (see byline/contribs)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...
Israel Says It Attacked Gaza Hospital to Destroy Camera Placed by Hamas
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Even if it had been a “Hamas” camera, that wouldn’t render this attack on a *hospital* lawful under LOAC.
and you can kill a lot of civilians in war (even violating LOAC in doing so) and not have it automatically be genocidal
almost like words mean things
almost like words mean things
May 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
and you can kill a lot of civilians in war (even violating LOAC in doing so) and not have it automatically be genocidal
almost like words mean things
almost like words mean things