"At issue was the Trump administration's ongoing campaign of bombing what it says are drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. In particular, Berman asked Cotton about the double-tap strike that the U.S. conducted on a vessel near Trinidad in September. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth initially called it fake news. Still, the White House eventually confirmed the second strike in which it targeted two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage. Both were killed."
"Legal scholars have widely deemed the strike illegal under U.S. and international law, to say nothing of the overall maritime bombing campaign. Berman guest-hosted Friday's edition of The Lead on CNN and asked, Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in an overturned lake [sic]? Cotton dodged the question. Instead, he took issue with Democrats' objections to the bombings in general."
"It's with the first strike and every other strike on these boats. They think the entire operation is not well-founded. I just disagree with them. I think the analogy I would draw is not Arkansas police officers dealing with American citizens if those boats were loaded with bombs or missiles headed for the United States, I don't think anyone would dispute that. We had every right and indeed a duty to intercept them."
John Berman questioned Sen. Tom Cotton about U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. He focused on a double-tap strike near Trinidad in September that the White House confirmed targeted two survivors clinging to wreckage; both were killed. Legal scholars widely deemed the strike illegal under U.S. and international law. Cotton defended the bombing campaign, arguing interception would be justified if boats carried bombs or missiles headed for the United States. Berman pressed with a hypothetical about Arkansas police killing suspected dealers in an overturned lake boat; Cotton rejected that premise.
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