From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa


President Donald Trump on Sunday said Pete Hegseth told him he didnrCOt
order the killing of all people aboard a suspected drug-smuggling vessel
in the Caribbean struck by the U.S. military in September, as pressure continues to mount on the defense secretary over an explosive Washington
Post report published on Friday.

The article recounted a Sept. 2 attack the U.S. military performed on
one vessel carrying 11 people. After the original missile strike on the
boat went off, commanders, watching through a drone live feed, noticed
two survivors holding onto the wreckage, The Post said. The Special
Operations commander supervising the operation then ordered a second
strike to kill those two people to adhere to HegsethrCOs demands, the newspaper said, citing two sources familiar with the operation.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-defends-hegseth-boat-strikes-report_n_692d807fe4b0c8c3c7ce5548?origin=article-bottom2-nonlife

Most likely the orders to kill came from Trump himself. His only option
is to support Hegseth no matter what. In a situation where they want to
hang Hegseth for war crimes, he will point the finger at Trump. Now,
Trump is floating the idea that some rogue general issued the war crime command.

This clearly indicates he is not familiar with issuing lawful commands
to the military personal. His Rambo mentality over powers him with the
need to kill for enjoyment or to deflect from some political pressure.
Recently the irritant for him has been the overwhelming need for the
people to know the details of the Epstein files.

His way of distracting the people, donrCOt look over here, look over there
how we are blowing up boats (supposedly carrying drugs to America) in international waters. You must admire me for protecting America. Yeah,
tell me another tall story that is more believable.

Mark Kelly has rightly warned the military not to follow unlawful
commands because they may amount to war crimes, he has every right to
say that because it is spelled out in the US and international military
code of conduct.

Just recently, he wants to pardon a narco president Hernandez who once
said rCywe are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos noses, and theyrCOre never even going to know itrCO. It looks like someone dropped a whole pile
of drug money on his lap, being a very transactional guy has a change of
heart. Such a crooked evil orange sonofabitch.




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