Posted on 12/04/2025 7:04:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Democrats and the media have been trying to whip up a story about the Trump administration taking out drug boats. They thought they had something with a story from the Washington Post that claimed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on a drug boat when there were survivors in the water.
I reported how Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) made troubling comments about the military "may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth" because their "commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump." He was saying that in response to questions about Admiral Mitch Bradley testifying before Congress. He stated, "I expect Bradley to adhere to that.” That sounded like he thought that Bradley was going to serve their narrative.
Instead, when Bradley testified on Thursday, he told the truth.
An initial Washington Post report had claimed that Hegseth ordered those in charge of the counter-narcotics strikes to "kill them all," leading Bradley to interpret this as orders to kill remaining survivors.
"The admiral confirmed that there had not been a kill them all order and that there was not an order to grant no quarter," Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, told reporters after a briefing with the admiral.
"Adm. Bradley was very clear that he was given no such order, not to give no quarter or to kill them all," Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.
There goes that story as to Hegseth.
Not only that, it appeared the people in the water weren't out of the fight.
According to the officials who spoke to the Journal, Bradley ordered the additional strikes after noting that other suspected drug boats were nearby and the survivors were thought to be attempting to communicate with their cohorts by radio.
There goes that story as to Bradley.
Lawmakers viewed video of the strikes, as Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) explained. He said it was completely justified because the people in the water were continuing in their actions.
“Was there a 'kill all' order from Secretary Hegseth?"
.@SenTomCotton: "No. Admiral Bradley was very clear that he was given no such order to, to give no quarter or kill them all."
IMAGINE THAT!
pic.twitter.com/K87JxzbIzX— Spitfire (@RealSpitfire) December 4, 2025
The Democrats still tried to make something of it, with some coming out of the testimony after having viewed the video of the strikes saying they were "troubled."
“Those who appear ‘troubled’ by videos of military strikes on designated terrorists have clearly never seen the Obama-ordered strikes, or, for that matter, those of any other administration over recent decades,” Crawford sniped in a statement.
“I am deeply concerned by the public statements made by others that seek to ignore the realities of targeting terrorists to score political points. I call upon them to remember their own silence as our forces conducted identical strikes for years.”
Good for Crawford. The Democrats seem to have completely forgotten about strikes against terrorists by other administrations, including strikes on land in foreign countries. Everything is evaluated differently by Democrats to demonize Trump, no matter what it is, and Crawford wasn't letting them get away with it.
IF Trump were to bring Satan to an grisly end, the communist RATs would stick up and defend Satan.
But to be fair; he is their “Big Daddy” after all.
btt
Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona has sure turned into a POS.
US has conducted airstrikes in Somalia on 102 days so far this year.
US has conducted airstrikes in Somalia on 102 days so far this year.
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The point under discussion being the Caribbean, why are you bringing up Somalia?
Of course, the first and loudest misinformation wins.
Even if Hegseth gave the order to “kill them all“, there would be absolutely no problem with that either.
“Mark Kelly from Arizona has sure turned into a POS.”
He didn’t just turn into a POS. He’s been terrible for a long time according to fellow astronauts a long my time ago.
Surprise, surprise. Admiral confirms US military will kill people and break things. Democrats will continue to do everything in their power to destroy our country from the inside.
Our lame stream media are nothing but troublemaking liars and should be forced to cease operations. What they did is libelous. Period.
Bfl
Warner knows ALL about lame.
Poster Boy.
Nothing wrong with killing the people killing our people.
Mark Kelly was always a POS
now he is a bigger POS
There will still be some dumb a$$es posting here who will continue to push the Dem narrative.
Tell me I am wrong......
He was always a POS, you’re just now noticing.
He always was one.
Surprise, surprise. Admiral confirms US military will kill people and break things.
= = =
It’s good that we are not in a real war.
News: “US aircraft shot down an alleged enemy fighter aircraft in the tail after it turned away and was flying home for it’s own safety.”
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