

The loophole they will try to use is those are war crimes.
We are not at war.
They are going to try to frame this as killing criminals, not enemy combatants. It’s transparently evil, but that’s what they’ll do to get away with it.
Or just say fuck it and issue pardons for all involved. If they even get charged in the first place.

Is the boat a submarine? No? Then it’s not a drug boat. Narcos have been using subs for years now, some of them autonomous.