‘Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so’: Ret. Army JAG on Caribbean airstrikes
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is doubling down on his defense of U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the face of mounting criticism. Retired Army JAG Lt. Col. Dan Maurer joins the Weekend to discuss.
“Emphatically they were ship wrecked. I think no fair reading of the the law, yet alone the DoD Manual which is simply a re-statement of common principles of law, could you interpret what you saw in that video as someone who was demonstrating any kind of hostile act or any type of hostile intention…”
—Lt Col Dan Maurer, US Army JAG (Ret) on Admiral Bradley’s statement to lawmakers.
I just listened to Senator Cotton whose excuse for the overall bombing of the boats is that they are attempting to kill American kids with their drugs. How ludicrous a comment. Would a person who makes their money selling drugs mean to kill their customers? Does that even make sense to MAGA? How much funding did the Congress cut from research and intervention into drug abuse? .
@samueltyler2 I think it was Cotton a couple of days ago after reviewing the video said that the occupants were trying to flip the boat back over and continue their mission. And that was justification to finish the job. That's laughable. What is more likely? They were trying to continue their mission or they were trying to survive? BTW they were probably badly burned also.
@MoveAlong Cotton is FLAT OUT LYING! He’s a Harvard Law Graduate, spent 4 or 5 years on Active Duty and further years in the Reserves or Guard practicing military law—he CANNOT BE SO IGNORANT OF THE UCMJ, maritime law, or international law!
This shows how he lacks all integrity and exactly what portions of Demented Donnie’s and Kegsbreath’s anatomies he has his lips a fixed to!
And it is a brazen contradiction for Donald Trump to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking in 2024. That demonstrates just how “serious” Demented Donnie is about all this…
This whole series of illegal, extrajudicial murders by Demented Donnie & Kegsbreath are all about Venezuelan oil!
