Posted on 11/30/2025 2:35:14 AM PST by RandFan
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel.
“The Committee is aware of recent news reports — and the Department of Defense’s initial response — regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” the senators wrote in a joint statement.
“The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances,” they added.
The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the order, reported Friday that Hegseth gave a spoken directive early in the operation to those overseeing the strikes: “Kill everybody.”
The first mission in September reportedly required two strikes after the first failed to kill all on board.
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“it brings the worst out of some folks”
Heh, heh...go look in the mirror.
Ha!
The thread is 9:1 against me (and by extension Rand Paul)
Either we have grossly misconstrued or FR is just out of whack with general opinion? Younger people are not for this and a politician like Wicker is not a libertarian.
It’s weird but there you go...
These drugs kill American’s, it’s nothing but conspiracy to commit murder - war on the American people. They kill each other. I have zero sympathy. You do not get due process in war.
Indeed. The damage done to our country by Biden/BHO3 has been immense. We are very lucky to have Trump if office now. He is the only man who would even attempt to rectify matters.
The story about him saying this is BS!!!
Stop F-ing lying.
Unnamed sources quoted in the article.
Do you even own any big girl panties?
You need to be educated on war. We are waging war on that drug cartel. That means kill em all and let God sort it out.
You’re preaching to the choir there, brother.
I expected little because I knew her history from closely watching the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin case. Unfortunately my expectations have been correct.
Still, we can ask, hope for, encourage better. As here.
So they would have been happier had the cartel members lived are they serious this has to be from the bee right
Both.
People are sick of the enemy poisoning 100k Americans every single year. I know about 12 families affected by death of a young person or severe homelessness. Two have survived it, one very close to me. It is hideous and tragic beyond belief. Perhaps you have not been personally affected. If you haven't, you will be.
There was a video yesterday by a woman walking in downtown Portland, Oregon. Businesses have largely abandoned the city and storefronts are boarded up all over. Zombie addicts are all over the place. Is this the country you really want?
When I was a kid in the 50s, drugs were contained to relatively few addicts in ghettos and it had not spilled out to the general population. Even the word "drugs" was not heard in the suburbs. It was something far away that did not touch normal middle class people. Cities were pleasant, safe, livable places. We can regain that America if we destroy the enemy mercilessly. You are probably too young to understand what America was like before the government let this problem get so out of control. Those of us old enough to have living memory of the '50s and early '60s know what I'm talking about.
Government has talked about addressing this problem for 40 or 50 years and little substantive work has been done. What has been done clearly has not worked as the problem has gotten far worse. Why should we accept the narcos running an undeclared, decades-long, deadly war against the USA?
It's time for new leadership and a new approach. It is way past time for all-out war on the narcos.
The major wars in the 20th century cost us 426,000 American battle deaths. Drug deaths exceed that every five years! Does that please you?
| War | Years | U.S. Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| World War I | 1914–1918 | 116,500 | 53,400 battle + 63,100 non-combat (mostly 1918 flu) |
| World War II | 1939–1945 | 405,400 | 291,500 battle + ~113,900 other causes |
| Korean War | 1950–1953 | 36,500 | 33,700 battle + ~2,800 non-combat |
| Vietnam War | 1955–1975 | 58,200 | 47,400 battle + ~10,800 non-combat (names on The Wall + recognized post-service) |
Rand Paul will never be President.
YOU are the enemy.
On a practical note, how do you propose arresting guys on a drug boat with quad 600HP outboards?
And killing pirates / illegal combatants on the high seas without due process has been the norm for 100s of years. Would you care to address that? Feel free to give me a link if you have somewhere. Which I doubt.
Kill them or let them drown. Same result.
Lol! Good find.
Dont seem to remember libs being concerned about the drone strike palooza during obummer.
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