Posted on 12/01/2025 1:45:43 PM PST by RandFan
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September following a bombshell Washington Post report that claimed he ordered the military to “kill everybody.”
Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.
“President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have made it clear that presidentially designated narco-terrorist groups are subject to lethal targeting in accordance with the laws of war. With respect to the strikes in question on September 2, Secretary Hegseth authorized Adm. Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes,” Leavitt said.
“Adm. Bradley worked well within his authority and the law to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated,” she continued. “This administration has designated these narco-terrorists as foreign terrorist organizations. The president has the right to take them out if they are threatening the United States of America, if they are bringing illegal narcotics that are killing our citizens at a record rate, which is what they are doing.”
The administration has been peppered with questions in the aftermath of a Washington Post report claiming that Hegseth issued a verbal order to “kill everybody” on board before an initial strike.
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So what. Killing narco-terrorists is something to be proud of in my opinion.
That is a complete lie. I just listened to that presser and Karoline Leavitt said exactly the opposite. She gave the name of the person in charge who called for that strike. The press is unbelievably duplicitous and brazen in their lies.
White House Press Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQbt57G-xE
And.....?
Trump needs to get ahead of this and put pressure on the RINOs in the House and Senate about holding hearings on this BS. The longer the possibility of hearings and legal action goes on, the more Hegseth's and Trumps ability to command will be weakened, which is the point of this whole operation.
Why are the press trying to protect these narco terrorists, are they all drug users?
Adm. Bradley authorized the strikes. Hegseth put him in charge but did not micromanage or call for the second strike.
Given it really did happen, I would have said we have job for your Coast Guard if you are interested.
I read some are fishermen not “terrorists “
You and your narco loving friend Rand "Due Process" Paul are the only ones wondering.
Even if Hegseth did, so what?
The core function of the military: KILL PEOPLE and BREAK THINGS!
The leftist progressive military core function: Promote leaders based upon skin color or genitalia, Change men into women, worship the pagan LGBTQP+ gods.
Never leave it half done
I said at the time it was a war crime
The press are like months behind. Go look at my posts
We had more than one thread where I got flamed about this. Remember?
I said it would come back to haunt us and it has
The mission was most likely to take out the group. They took out the group
When Jack Bauer helps his daughter defend herself from her murderous attacker he tells her to shoot him. She shoots him. Then “shoot him again”
She doesn’t like it but she does what he tells her. For once
It’s not for evil it’s so that he doesn’t get up and shoot the daughter
That’s all
Just Imagine if Patton ordered a 2nd strike on a tank when their were enemies still alive on or in the tank.....
“I said it would come back to haunt us and it has”
How has is haunted us?? Because you say so?? LOL!
their = there oops
I second your post.
According to George Santos, yes.
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