• khannie@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They’re being very specific with the language, calling them “narco-terrorists”.

    • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I reread the article and it doesn’t mention “narco-terrorists.” It’s about calling them combatants. Although I misremembered when I said “enemy combatants.” It’s “unlawful combatants.”

      So the article is about that, as well as about what you’re even allowed to do or say about people who are clinging to flotsam and jetsam after a shipwreck.

      I think calling them “narco-terrorists” wouldn’t give the military enough legal reason to murder those people as they had been illegally ordered to do.