Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say

"At the White House on Monday, Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary, read a statement that said Mr. Hegseth had authorized the Special Operations commander overseeing the attack, Adm. Frank M. Bradley, “to conduct these kinetic strikes.”

What the fuck is a "kinetic strike?!"
 
Leavitt in her comments to reporters did not dispute a Washington Post report that there were survivors after the initial strike. Her explanation came after President Donald Trump a day earlier said he “wouldn’t have wanted that — not a second strike” when asked about the incident.

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White House says admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful

The White House says a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.
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Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike​


“I can’t imagine anyone, no matter what the circumstance, believing it is appropriate to kill people who are clinging to a boat in the water,” said Michael Schmitt, a former Air Force lawyer and professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. “That is clearly unlawful.”

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Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike

Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.
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What set off the debate​

The Washington Post reported last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a spoken directive to “kill everybody” on a boat targeted on Sept. 2, the first vessel hit in what the Trump administration calls a counterdrug campaign that has grown to over 20 known strikes and more than 80 dead.
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Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike

Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.
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Hume said:

Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike​


“I can’t imagine anyone, no matter what the circumstance, believing it is appropriate to kill people who are clinging to a boat in the water,” said Michael Schmitt, a former Air Force lawyer and professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. “That is clearly unlawful.”

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Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike

Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.
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They wouldn't want any survivors to be able to testify that that boat did NOT have any drugs on it.
How are the Trump ass kissers 100 % sure these boats even have drugs on them?
Back when I was in the service we had hundreds of " boats " come ashore bringing people that wanted and needed asylum from countries that had tyrants as their heads of governments. ( like the US has now )
Yep from Jamaica. and many south American countries.
 
Tbird19482 said:
They wouldn't want any survivors to be able to testify that that boat did NOT have any drugs on it.
How are the Trump ass kissers 100 % sure these boats even have drugs on them?
Back when I was in the service we had hundreds of " boats " come ashore bringing people that wanted and needed asylum from countries that had tyrants as their heads of governments. ( like the US has now )
Yep from Jamaica. and many south American countries.
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Even some Republicans are worried about Trump's abuse of the US Constitution.
 
A kinetic strike is a direct, physical attack—such as a missile, bomb, or projectile—where damage is caused by the impact itself.

You are sending Daniel Craig after something instead of jamming its signals.
 
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