(What gets me is the fact that all of a sudden its the double tap that folks are upset about, not the fact that it's murder in the first place. Even IF they were hauling fentanyl into the U.S., which they weren't, you can't just murder them with drones or airstrikes or cruise missile attacks. That's murder pure and simple. We are a lawless state and the propagandists are conditioning us to ignore it with tactics like this one. Double tap bad but straight up murder is OKAY? Bullshit.)
from the NYT
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he had not noticed survivors in the water during U.S. military strikes that killed 11 people in the Caribbean in September.
His remarks, at a cabinet meeting at the White House in which he cited the “fog of war,” were the latest from Trump administration officials meant to address questions about whether the U.S. military committed a war crime when it launched a second strike on a boat on Sept. 2, killing two survivors of the initial attack who were clinging to the burning wreckage.
Mr. Hegseth had said that he watched the operation live on video before he “moved on” to his next meeting. But following news reports about the second U.S. strike, Mr. Hegseth said he “didn’t stick around” to see it.
The defense secretary said Adm. Frank M. Bradley, the commander of the operation, “made the right call,” in ordering the second strike...
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