Children overboard conspiracy theories are one of my pet hates.
Do you remember the sequence of events? Was it not the Navy who started it all? Did you ever see pictures or videos of refugees in boats holding up children? Could this have been initially mistaken for them threatening to harm the children? Was not Howard and Reith responding to information given to them by the Navy?
And finally - did children not end up in the water as a result of boats being skuttled by the refugees?