"I did not personally see survivors, but I stand because the thing was on fire. It was exploded and fire and smoke. You can't see anything. You got digital. This is called the fog of war. This is what you and the press don't understand,"
"Yeah. You know, but you weren't talking about the fog of war the morning after this happened. And that happened on September 2nd. Then on September 3rd, there was no fog of war. You were in complete command. You were in complete charge. You knew exactly who was on that boat. You knew exactly when that boat was fired upon. You knew everything, Mr. Secretary, about what happened that day. It wasn't like oh there's a fog of war! Oh, were people hanging on? And did I commit war crimes? I'm not sure!'"
Joe Scarborough accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of contradicting himself over a September 2 double-tap strike on a suspected narco-trafficking boat that reportedly killed two survivors. Hegseth invoked the "fog of war" at a cabinet meeting, saying fire, smoke and digital imagery obscured visibility. Scarborough played a September 3 Fox & Friends clip showing Hegseth admitting he watched the strike live and that his team knew exact details. The second strike has provoked a political firestorm, with critics labeling it a potential war crime and demanding clarity on what Hegseth knew and when.
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