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bluestarone

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9. Maybe not while you guiys are in control. BUT

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:02 PM

Nov 2025

Allowing this, would give military the right to kill US citizens, without a trial.

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U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 OP

shithole and the Pentagon are......................... Lovie777 Nov 2025 #1

The word "Nuremburg" means nothing to them... NotHardly Nov 2025 #12

He's got that immunity Polybius Nov 2025 #20

That's what Hitler told his gestapo. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #2

If they have immunity for the killing, do they have immunity for complying with the orders to kill? And, if they have in2herbs Nov 2025 #3

Making it legal don't make it right. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #4

It would be a law "more honored in the breach than the observance" ananda Nov 2025 #6

Sounds like you could be contract lawyer. One that is an expert in contracts, not a temp hire. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #7

I guess an old English teacher will have to do. ananda Nov 2025 #8

Reading and interpreting. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #15

International Criminal Court 2na fisherman Nov 2025 #5

They are powerless here though Polybius Nov 2025 #21

Maybe not while you guiys are in control. BUT bluestarone Nov 2025 #9

Remember Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki? He was a native-born US citizen killed by a drone strike on September 30, 2011, 24601 Nov 2025 #10

Comparing the al-Awlaki case to these continuing attacks on boats is quite the stretch Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #14

Possibly why Dirty Don ordered his obedient but stupid DOJ to make this particular announcement Attilatheblond Nov 2025 #34

Anything can be challenged, and should be. Wtf. nt miyazaki Nov 2025 #11

An incorrect and meaningless legal opinion. TomSlick Nov 2025 #13

They will probably try to hold it to the same level BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #19

Perhaps. TomSlick Nov 2025 #23

... Solly Mack Nov 2025 #16

How convenient.... Quanto Magnus Nov 2025 #17

Just following orders. Right? n/t Munu Nov 2025 #18

Probably kevinore Nov 2025 #22

Nuremberg NewEnglandAutumn Nov 2025 #24

John Yoo and Alberto Gonzalez come to mind. Buddyzbuddy Nov 2025 #25

Somebody probably told the Gestapo and the SS the same thing. Turbineguy Nov 2025 #26

The international courts may disagree as will American courts JT45242 Nov 2025 #27

John Yoo also wrote an opinion claiming water boarding was not torture. surfered Nov 2025 #28

So..... COL Mustard Nov 2025 #29

Says you. kacekwl Nov 2025 #30

Didn't a number of German officers and soldiers try the defence that they were just following orders? cstanleytech Nov 2025 #31

America has an unfortunate track record on extra judicial killings. Aussie105 Nov 2025 #32

i can forsee i latin american government kidnapping top us officials and putting them on trial moonshinegnomie Nov 2025 #33

Opinions are not facts. Judges and juries will decide such things. And if military people need Wonder Why Nov 2025 #35

Who would want to trust trumps attorneys. republianmushroom Nov 2025 #36

that's what the SS said, too mike_c Nov 2025 #37