With a straight face Karoline Leavitt calls killing two men clinging to a boat “self defense”
The Trump White House unintentionally admitted what we already suspected: a second military strike was launched on survivors of a destroyed boat in the Caribbean. It is now US policy that “clinging to wreckage” is grounds for a lethal attack against the defenseless. The Mouth of Moron, Karoline Leavitt insists the follow-up attack was justified, turning a war crime into just another day in Trumpworld.
According to Leavitt, the follow-up strike was carried out not out of bloodlust but “to ensure safety,” a claim nearly believable as a fireworks-safety demonstration conducted by the Three Stooges. The Pentagon has tossed Admiral Bradley under the aircraft carrier, blaming him for following “War” Secretary Pete Hegseth’s now-infamous “kill everybody” directive, while assuring reporters the move was “legal” because the Supreme Court is a rubber stamp these days. Why not convict them both?
So, was it self-defense or murder? You make the call.
Pretty clear it was murder.
# turning a war crime into just another day in Trumpworld.
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Pretty sure those are the plans....
Since Congress has yet to declare war on anyone, this looks like murder to me.
This includes the first strike, too, btw.
From what I've seen, these have all been 'shoot first, verify later' sorts of strikes, with no attempt made to do any sort of interdiction, but ICBW, so...
Of course, IANAL, so it's best to listen to what the JAGs have to say about it all.