His wording is interesting. LOAC states that sailors from a disabled ship are protected, unless they continue hostilities. So his phrasing, "...so they can continue the fight." He is making claims that the shipwreck sailors were continuing hostilities. However, the first strike was illegal too.

Reagan merging the evangelicals and GOP, adding their religious doctrine into the GOP platform. This implied that you couldn't be a good Christian and not be conservative.