Sparkling War Crimes
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I feel like we’re starting to get some traction…
Hegseth is displaying all of the physical, masculine courage normally associated with a rat trying desperately to escape a sinking ship [Ed- because a missile is on the way? Taking the metaphor too far?]:
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.
Another way to phrase this is “Hegseth publicly confesses to participation in war crimes.” I dunno if we’re actually going to get rid of America’s Worst Pete over this, but the rumblings in Congress suggest that there’s a lot of discomfort. Right wing media is generally pro-murder in this case but there have even been cracks in that facade. The fact that the administration still doesn’t have the faintest idea what to do with Venezuela isn’t helping the situation.