Congress seeks war crime probe
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Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers opened congressional inquiries and said a reported follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat off Venezuela could amount to a war crime.
Like I said, Hegseth really should’ve thought twice before getting in a public spat with this guy.
Sen. Mark Kelly said the Armed Services Committee will put people connected to a strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat "under oath."
Mark Kelly says committee will hold hearing on boat survivor strike
Sen. Mark Kelly said the Armed Services Committee will put people connected to a strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat "under oath."
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December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Like I said, Hegseth really should’ve thought twice before getting in a public spat with this guy.
Reposted by Scott A. Imberman
Sen. Mark Kelly said the Armed Services Committee will put people connected to a strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat "under oath."
Mark Kelly says committee will hold hearing on boat survivor strike
Sen. Mark Kelly said the Armed Services Committee will put people connected to a strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat "under oath."
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December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly said the Armed Services Committee will put people connected to a strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat "under oath."
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The Republican chairs of both the House and Senate Armed Services committees signed a letter yesterday stating that they requested specific info many weeks ago on these strikes and the WH & Pentagon have refused to provide it. If the story is fake news, then turn everything over.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Republican chairs of both the House and Senate Armed Services committees signed a letter yesterday stating that they requested specific info many weeks ago on these strikes and the WH & Pentagon have refused to provide it. If the story is fake news, then turn everything over.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Also trying to think through whether Hegseth news makes attack more or less likely (to be clear, none of it changes the illegality of the boat strikes and the double-tap being a war crime if he ordered it). Does it make Trump more likely to back off, or to attack so it gets lost in "we're at war"?
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Also trying to think through whether Hegseth news makes attack more or less likely (to be clear, none of it changes the illegality of the boat strikes and the double-tap being a war crime if he ordered it). Does it make Trump more likely to back off, or to attack so it gets lost in "we're at war"?
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
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November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military
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November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Aside from the extremely dubious question of whether the occupants of the Venezuelan boat even qualified as “combatants,” ordering a second strike from an aircraft for the sole purpose of killing defenseless people was absolutely an illegal order.
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Aside from the extremely dubious question of whether the occupants of the Venezuelan boat even qualified as “combatants,” ordering a second strike from an aircraft for the sole purpose of killing defenseless people was absolutely an illegal order.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
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November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
As an International Relations specialist, I have concluded that Hegseth & Trump are clearly committing extrajudicial murder. I won’t call it a “war crime” since no war against Venezuela or these small boats in the Caribbean Sea has been officially declared by Congress. It is, point blank, MURDER.
Indeed, it's a confession and admission of guilt to heinous crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As an International Relations specialist, I have concluded that Hegseth & Trump are clearly committing extrajudicial murder. I won’t call it a “war crime” since no war against Venezuela or these small boats in the Caribbean Sea has been officially declared by Congress. It is, point blank, MURDER.