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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So I wasn't talking about the strike as much as not aiding the sailors. Sinking the boat, while reprehensible, would be a hard order to defy. Rescuing the sailors until other help arrived though. That would be reasonable to do, even if ordered not to. Leaning on the Geneva convention as support may not save a person. But it would still be the honorable thing to do.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If the US had other ships nearby, closer than Sri Lankas ships, and still deliberately chose to not help the sailors in the water. That would be utterly reprehensible.

As for the submarine, I can understand why they did not want to surface.