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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 days ago

Pete Hegseth’s order to ‘kill everybody’ included alleged drug boat survivors: report

www.independent.co.uk

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Pete Hegseth’s order to ‘kill everybody’ included alleged drug boat survivors: report

www.independent.co.uk

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    Reminder to all the people newly against extrajudicial killing of random people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing#North_America

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    Isn’t this exactly the type of situation that was being used recently as an example of when an order is so blatantly illegal that the soldier is required not to follow it?

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      and pointing out that it’s an illegal order is aparently unamerican

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    When two survivors emerged from the wreckage, a Special Operations commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions to “kill everybody,” according to The Washington Post, citing officials with direct knowledge of the operation.

    The two men were then “blown apart in the water,” according to the report.

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      It makes me nauseous that my government is responsible for this senseless horror. The military can make no claim to honor when they bomb unarmed men clinging desperately to the burning wreck of the boat that was already illegally bombed.

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        The military can make no claim to honor

        Never could.

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    Can’t wait for Trump to go away so we can jail this fucker for murder.

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      Oh you sweet summer child.

      Even when Trump dies, there is somebody much worse waiting in the wings. 2028 is not going to be a salvation.

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        Is that a threat?

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          It very much is a threat to all of us.

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            Go doom about it

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    Such a manly man. Nothing screams “I’m a super serious, super macho, super secure guy!” like summoning all the top generals for a dick waving ceremony, and bombing fishermen from airplanes.

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      Disgusting.

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