“…continue their drug run.”

LMAO

stopped to secure the drugs (not in evidence) find some oars and started paddling to their destination?
Yeah, nice try.

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The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test

Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."

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Because he's going to experience a great deal of it if he goes with that defence.

wreckage"?

and dogpaddle 1600 miles to deliver drugs

as a floatation device makes sense.

The interpretation is insanely absurd!

We spent 100K on a missile to kill two humans.

We could drop an iron BDU (bomb dummy unit, no bang), and sink the boat.

The explosions are ego, not effectiveness or cost benefit.

Sounds like a cop excuse to me.

Court-Martial. It would be better to describe the underside of the bus and detail how and why you got there, rather than further destroy your reputation with such an absurd defense.

today, I have no such sentiments. CYA all the way. His story makes no sense considering there was hardly any boat left.

Fascists always do.

is not a capital offense in the first place!!

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He looks like he saw the.Ghost of Christmas Future

The only question is - will he be charged with a war crime, or will he be charged with murder?

I’ll let it go for a good price…

Their stories get more bizarre as time goes on.

There are no witnesses, no physical evidence, just their story. I hope they make it a good one to tell at their war crimes trial

Someone needs to get their stories before these guys have them killed.

The second strike was to remove a navigation hazard to other vessels.
Now, it's that they were worried that the survivors would be able to continue their drug run?
First the wreckage was a 'navigational hazard' that had to be removed, but now it was a boat that was capable of continuing its mission and had to be destroyed again?

What a way to end your career. CYA for these idiots. The way I see it, several people carried out these illegal orders. Whoever actually “pulled the trigger” is also to blame. This is one hell of a mess.

His name will always be associated with a war crime and the corrupt administration that used a "Get out of jail free" card for murder.

How did you know what was in the "packages?"

And while you are at it, tell us how our weapons are not sufficiently powerful to destroy a 35-foot cigarette boat and everything in and around it?

it was worth it.

He plans to spin a yarn that makes Muppets Treasure Island look like a documentary.

If the Admiral lies, and it appears that's exactly what he's going to do...then he is complicit in the murder of two men and is no better than Trump or Hegseth!!!

They were trying to enlist narwhals to act as their engines and tow them to the US coast.

Admirals, or generals do they own?

of unlawful orders and Kegseth?

nt

are going to make the Democrats are against the military claim again. Oliver North

The remaining 2 people are still shipwrecked people.

is about to get a promotion.

Everyone in the chain of command, from Krasnov to the person who pulled the trigger is guilty of murder.

Even if this lie were true and there were 2 men left with some cocaine left and a partially disabled boat left, killing them is still murder.
Also, let's not be gaslit, the other 9 people on the boat were also murdered.

..

Swimming while pushing cocaine bundles with their noses?

is not "briefs" and rhymes with "ballpits."

This is shameless, exceedingly condescending, and, need it actually be said, an outright self-serving concocted lie. Can this possibly hold up to any honest scrutiny?

what were they suppose to do swim 50 miles with
blown up cocaine on their backs ?
If any American admiral says that to congress they
need to resign the next day

He can start with "once upon a time" or "this ain't no shit."

Now this ain't no shit!

You know you're in for a whopper!

Not only does their death violate the UCMJ, but also international law.

He's going to (metaphorically) hang for his association with this fiasco. Right wingers are so dumb.

Who will be held accountable for his crimes.

They were just trying to survive at that point.

Of course he's going to cover his ass.

We all know how drug agents love to stack tableshigh with bricks of seized drugs. Call me naive, but show me the goods before you tell me your fairy tale.

Those boats were headed to the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) off the coast of Venezuela. Guess what? Those islands are Dutch-owned. Drugs going there are destined for Europe, not the U.S.

Drugs from Colombia destined for the U.S. go to the Yucatán, then through Mexico to the U.S.

Nor do they make it clear that the boats are Columbian, not Venezuelan. They're quite content encouraging murkiness about the whole operation. How many Americans have any idea of that?

But blowing up of the boats are very clearly direct intimidation of the Venezuelan government.

The two survivors were Columbian. The family that filed the human rights complaint are also Columbian.

The whole justification the Trump administration is using for these attacks is another filthy lie.

What do they want? Oil and gas of course. Plus Maduro gone. Trump's earlier failure to get rid of him is bound to be galling.

Their workplace - the boat - gets blown up, most of their colleagues are killed, they're adrift in the Caribbean miles from shore, they may be injured themselves, and still they carry on with their nefarious mission. And here American workers complain about having to work 60 hour weeks with no overtime and dwindling safety measures, the whiners.

This asshole needs to face justice.

On top of due process issues. Those men are still leagally innocent until at least charged via credible evidence. And now it is too late to charge, as that "mission" surley wasnt under the auspices if warrent or similar legal declaration

Venezuela does not produce Fentanyl, nor is it a transit country for Fentanyl. Let's start right THERE. With THAT lie.

nt

... no one is going to "continue their drug run" when the boat is already blown to smithereens. What did President Sleazebag have on you that made you to agree to take the fall for an incompetent, drunken shitweasel with a neo-Nazi tattoo on his right tit?

I do Seppuku and my second chops before I dishonor my death by jerking and other stuff.

Dishonorable death is the opposite.

We are supposed to believe that a couple of guys, who were just blown up and clinging to wreckage, are planning on paddling on to the U.S. with their cargo (probably fish.) How do they keep a straight face when they're saying this?

... he threatens people with bodily harm to them and/or their loved ones. It is stochastic terrorism; the malignant filth that still worship his fat, pimply ass will do the wetwork because he's too old, weak, and cowardly to do it himself. His victims never know when, where, or by whom they might be attacked, which multiplies the terror aspect exponentially.
His lies no longer protect him, and he knows it, but because he's always doubled down, he'll continue to escalate his malice until he resorts to brazen mass murder. HINT: There's a very real possibility that he's on the brink of that monstrous crime even as we speak. The evidence is there for all to see, and we can't turn away because it's everywhere.
Watch your six.