Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military’s recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post.
The Post cited sources who said Hegseth had ordered “to kill everybody” on an alleged drug boat in an early September attack, which reportedly required two strikes after an initial one failed to kill all on board.
The U.S. military has carried out over 20 strikes targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing more than 80 people that the administration has said were “narco-terrorists.”
The strikes have resulted in backlash from both sides of the aisle, with some raising questions about the legal grounding of the attacks.
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ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 72 pts · 277d
Turn the tables
Venezuela is attacking US boats. Does it suddenly become illegal that they are attacking the US?
If the answer is yes then it's illegal for the US to attack them, simple.
AreaKode@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 277d
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 277d
"Thats a lie, but i totally did it." Pete "Walking Contradiction" Hegseth
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 277d
thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 277d
Oh. Well, he cleared that right up. Thank goodness.
X@piefed.world · 12 pts · 277d
Hegseth is a fake SecDef.
Eldritch@piefed.world · 14 pts · 277d
He named himself secretary of war-crimes
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 277d
He is the ultimate nazi and needs to be stopped
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 277d
I agree because the Nazis we’re nut bag q anon nerds too with all their aryan blood creates magical powers idiocy
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 277d
South Park made a Pete kegsbreath theme song https://youtu.be/YR7H71eSL6Q
WindyRebel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d
Love that they used a Kenny Loggins parody to make fun of the shitty Trump AI video of him shit bombing.
Kenny Loggins wasn’t too happy that the orange turd used his song.
vegeta@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 277d
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 277d
What a stable individual.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 276d
Trump calls himself a stable genius because of his skill in sucking off horses.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 275d
Actual genuine lol
PerryM@newsie.social · 5 pts · 277d
@MicroWave We, as Americans, have not heard one statement of TRUTH from anyone in the Trump Administration, most notably Trump himself.
So am I to believe the Lyin'Turd's or WaPo?
🤣😂🤣😂
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 276d
This is like Hitler defending Auschwitz. Or Netanjahu defending the war crimes committed in Gaza.