"The largely supine Republicans in Congress had no apparent trouble as Donald Trump and defense secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of suspected drug runners off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia. But suddenly they are up in arms because the Washington Post reported on 28 November about one incident, a double-tap strike, in which the US military finished off two survivors of an attack."
"Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley, who was overseeing the operation, acknowledged that the two men were in no position to make a distress call. Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House armed services committee, who has seen the still-withheld full video of the attack, said there was no evidence to support the claim that the survivors were trying to contact their collaborators."
US forces carried out lethal strikes against suspected drug smugglers off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia, resulting in 87 deaths across 22 attacks. One strike on 2 September initially killed nine occupants of a boat, and a subsequent follow-up strike finished off two men clinging to the destroyed vessel. The two survivors clearly posed no threat and were in no position to make a distress call. The Pentagon has provided no evidence that they were attempting to contact collaborators or salvage cocaine. Congressional members and officials have raised demands for broader investigation and accountability.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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