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Posted on 12/01/2025 4:38:42 AM PST by RandFan
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing bipartisan scrutiny over his reported order to strike a boat in the Caribbean a second time, killing two survivors who were clinging to the ship’s wreckage on Sept. 2.
The Washington Post reported Friday that Hegseth issued an order to “kill everybody” after the initial strike, the first of what is now more than 20 such attacks, did not immediately kill all 11 of the people on board the vessel, leading the Special Operations commander overseeing the attack to order a second strike.
Some Democrats and a senior Republican said Sunday the strike was a possible war crime. The GOP chairs of the House and Senate armed services committees are promising “vigorous oversight” of the incident.
“We take seriously the reports of follow-on strikes on boats alleged to be ferrying narcotics in the SOUTHCOM region and are taking bipartisan action to gather a full accounting of the operation in question,” Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the chair of the House committee, and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in their statement.
“The Committee has directed inquiries to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances,” said Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the Senate committee chair, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, agreed with Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.), who said the strike against defenseless individuals appeared illegal.
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Bears repeating...
Looks like the NYT just threw the WP under the bus...
Ryan Saavedra
@RyanSaavedra
🚨 BREAKING: The New York Times reports that the story from The Washington Post that alleged that
@PeteHegseth ordered narcoterrorists who survived an attack to be killed is *false*
From the article: “The Post article did not provide context on when Mr. Hegseth gave what its sources described as a spoken order to kill everyone.”
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WTF are you going on about now? Take your meds Rand.
I’m just wondering what will it take for you to see it also. You know I voted for a Trump who wanted to end foreign wars. But the Trump I got is very war like.
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Bull fing $hit. You are nothing more than a troll, here to sow division. Voted for Trump....laughable.
It’s not working clown. Everyone can see what you are trying to do Joe....
Annnnndddd just like that. The usual suspects...AKA clowns....who bought the fake story hook, line and sinker are now left eating crow.
I can’t say I’m surprised. The fools never learn. Hatred so strong for “orange man bad” that they have created a blind spot for themselves.
Intellectually bankrupt, all of them.
“Bull fing $hit. You are nothing more than a troll, here to sow division”
Personally I think you political animals who push the country to the brink of civil war should be gathered up and locked in building somewhere and given bottle of vodka and machetes and let you guys fight it out like the Jets and the Sharks and leave the rest of us who just want to live out of it.
ersonally I think you political animals who push the country to the brink of civil war should be gathered up and locked in building somewhere and given bottle of vodka and machetes and let you guys fight it out like the Jets and the Sharks and leave the rest of us who just want to live out of it.
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Personally. I think trolls like you should be zotted from here with not a second thought about it.
By Felicia..............or should I say Joe.......
“Personally. I think trolls like you should be zotted from here with not a second thought about it.”\
Wow. Dismissive AND abrasive. You’re growing into a fine Republican.
That’s absolutely absurd. War like? Stop with the delusions.
“That’s absolutely absurd. War like? Stop with the delusions.”
yes. War like. Is there a country Trump hasn’t threatened? I just read He’s include Columbia in his south American war build up. This from someone who was going to bring our troops home and not become entangled in foreign wars. It seems that once the Nobel Peace prize was off the table the mask dropped and suddenly war is the finest thing since sliced bread.
Something else..not being a member of the Republican party I’m not obligated to try to uphold every random thing that come out of Trumps mouth to try to make him look like something he is not.
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