Posted on 12/05/2025 7:19:56 AM PST by MtnClimber
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley told lawmakers today that there was no “kill them all” order on an alleged drug boat in September.
According to the Associated Press, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Bradley “was very clear that he was given no such order, to give no quarter or to kill them all.”
Cotton also said the video of the strike showed the two survivors “trying to flip their boat back over and continue their mission.”
The Democrats, on the other hand, tried to portray the alleged drug runners as “shipwrecked sailors.”
From Fox News:
Still, [Rep. Jim] Himes said the full video footage of the Sept. 2 strikes showed that the two survivors were “shipwrecked sailors.”
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress, without any means of locomotion with a destroyed vessel, who were killed by the United States,” Himes went on. “Now there’s a whole set of contextual items that the admiral explained. Yes, they were carrying drugs. They were not in the position to continue their mission in any way.”
Himes made some outlandish statements yesterday as Elizabeth wrote this morning.
This all stems from a Washington Post article that claimed sources said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to “kill them all.”
Even The New York Times called out WaPo, pointing out that the article “did not provide context on when Mr. Hegseth gave what its sources described as a spoken order to kill everyone.”
Gee, and the media wonders why the Pentagon has placed restrictions on the media!
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I went all over looking for “shipwrecked sailors” that included drug runners. It needs to be a legitimate ship with legitimate sailors.
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