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Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again

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They kind of backed themselves into a corner after the first unsuccessful strike. If they survived 40 minutes, there became a chance that they might survive longer - long enough to tell a story they'd not like anyone to know.

i don't think anyone should be given the benefit of the doubt that they were against it and dithered. it's the end of 2025 and anyone that deeply involved knew what was happening

The way "double tap" is used in the context of the Russia/Ukraine conflict is that Russia will often send a strike to the same location about half an hour later, designed to kill emergency responders.

Gave it 30 minutes with no show of rescue so ordered the Double Tap. International legal bodies view deliberate use of the double-tap to target rescuers a serious violation because - Willful Killing/Targeting of Civilians Failure to Distinguish Attacking Protected Personnel Denial of Quarter

I would need about 0.1 seconds: Oh, somebody is still alive, who is close enough to provide assistance? Not hard, is it? Of course I wouldn't have been in the room anyway. I have no aspirations to visit The Hague.