- "They were standing on top of the boat." The entire justification for the second strike revolves around the occupants' attempt to save their own lives. It's utterly surreal.
- What Senator Cotton says here would be a bad defense for the Germans convicted in WWI and WWII war crimes trials -- including for firing on shipwrecked in fully operational lifeboats. This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
