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Tim Kaine: “We have prosecuted people from the Nuremberg trial forward…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Kaine Talks Hegseth's Illegal Boat Strike & War in Venezuela and Trump's Sick, Diseased Rhetoric

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

But let's drill down on the second strike. The Defense Department's own law of war manual specifically says that it would be illegal to shoot survivors of a shipwreck. And We have prosecuted people from the Nuremberg trial forward if they attack wounded combatants on the field. you do not have a license to wantonly slaughter wounded combatants. And as far as I read, Secretary Hegseth, he's not denying that he gave the kill everybody order. (00:41–00:47)

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Asserts historical prosecution of individuals for attacking wounded combatants since the Nuremberg trials.

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