The New York Times has admitted what the White House, President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth previously affirmed.
Despite the manipulative effort of the original CIA report (Washington Post), which was purposefully intended to undermine the authority and legitimacy of the Trump administration, Secretary Pete Hegseth did not order a second strike on the drug carrying narcoterrorism boat. The second strike was authorized by General Bradley as part of the mission objective.
Hegseth’s order was to “destroy” the vessel. The vessel was not completely “destroyed” in the first attack, it was “disabled.” A second attack was ordered independently by General Bradley to render the vessel destroyed and compete the mission.
If the vessel was destroyed the mission was complete. If the vessel was disabled, the mission objective remained active until the vessel was destroyed. This is not complicated to understand.
The CIA mockingbird operation to delegitimize the mission and protect their independent sources of revenue has failed.
(New York Times) – […] According to five U.S. officials, who spoke separately and on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter that is under investigation, Mr. Hegseth, ahead of the Sept. 2 attack, ordered a strike that would kill the people on the boat and destroy the vessel and its purported cargo of drugs.
But, each official said, Mr. Hegseth’s directive did not specifically address what should happen if a first missile turned out not to fully accomplish all of those things. And, the officials said, his order was not a response to surveillance footage showing that at least two people on the boat survived the first blast.
Admiral Bradley ordered the initial missile strike and then several follow-up strikes that killed the initial survivors and sank the disabled boat. As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him.
The officials clarified the sequence of events amid the political and legal uproar that has followed a report in The Washington Post last week. It said that Admiral Bradley ordered the second strike to fulfill a directive by Mr. Hegseth to kill everyone. The reaction has included questions about whether Mr. Hegseth specifically ordered an execution of shipwrecked sailors in violation of the laws of war. (more)
I find it ironic that all the leftists are in an uproar that 2 narco-terrorists were killed, while they condone the killing of hundreds of innocent babies in the womb every day.
TELLING, not ironic in the least, “the quiet part, out loud”
With the left, the issue is never the issue. The current issue is simply another means to undermine the administration. I seriously doubt the left gives a rat’s ass about narco terrorists.
So I take it the new campaign, directly attacking Trump and his cabinet picks, is clear proof that the previously coordinated, false-flag, FUD’er infested one, to split the base from Trump, has utterly failed. Good to know.
Now Treeper’s let’s, dispatch this latest DS attempt to the depths as well, and yes, you are permitted to fire a second volley if the first fails to destroy the target!
If were fired upon a warship, like an aircraft carrier, and it was thus disabled and sailors were in the water, but the ship was still able to launch its aircraft against us, would we not fire upon it again?
I was on a carrier during the Viet Nam war. And yes we would keep pounding any enemy ship or planes until they were sunk or dead. F..K them.
Even if he had done that. SO WHAT.
From Mark Kelly’s website
“I visited Ukraine to show my support for the Ukrainian people. As always, I’m blown away by their resolve as they fight for their country in the face of Putin’s illegal invasion,” said Kelly.
Surely that should have read, ‘I’m deeply concerned at the large body of documented evidence showing the Ukrainian Army regularly droning Russian troops who are obviously incapable of fighting, and sometimes trying to surrender’.
Perhaps somebody might want to confront the ‘good’ Senator about this dual standard, or did the NATO advisors miss out the lecture on the ‘Rules of War’.
“We’re Taking Those Son of a B*tches Out” – Trump Stuns Reporters as He Stands His Ground on Blowing Up Narco Boats (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/were-taking-those-son-btches-trump-stuns-reporters
If the mission is to sink the boat, then any consideration of survivors shouldn’t even occur until the boat is sunk.
If you had orders on a battlefield to “take the hill”….would you stop half way up to look for survivors?
No honor. At the first sign of trouble, Hegseth runs like a coward. For all his posturing and big talk garbage, turns out he is the one who can’t man-up. The same with Signalgate. Always blame others. Even IF, and that is a big IF, the admiral ordered it, Hegseth is ultimately the one in charge and responsible for what happens on his watch. Maybe, he was too busy bending the elbow to care.
Some how I missed the part where Hegseth ran.
I strongly doubt that Hegseth has the authority to overrule an admiral but I could be wrong.
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“WE LOST MORE AMERICANS IN ONE YEAR TO FENTANYL THAN IN TEN YEARS OF THE VIETNAM WAR”
@donbrownfornc: “The legality of protecting American citizens on the high seas is vetted in international law and goes back to the beginning of the Republic.”
Cont and video…
Facts are pretty tough. Only die hard communists try to lie as large as the liberals/MSM/dims/IC is attempting to lie on this issue.
Liberals and folks who argue in defense of Maduro or the drug runners or the Seditious Six have to pretend to ignore the reality of drug deaths in the USA
How many have noticed that the splitters before getting to the meat of their divisive parsing and deriding of the President and the adinistration……..
First try to give their bona fides as ardent MAGA supporters and CTH posters stretching back to the dark ages and dawn of TCTH? Funny thing is try as I might I don’t recall their handles at all. Anyone else notice these tells?
March 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Modified B-25 strafers were sent on a follow up mission to strafe 6000 Japanese soldiers in the water after sinking their seven troop transports.
Under international law, a ship on the high seas without a flag and without registration is the legal equivalent of a pirate ship and is subject to attack without warning.
It’s so hard not to despise these people. I’m thankful and grateful there will be a final judgement where all will be held to account.
It ain’t cooked until it is done.
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