"the U.S. bombed an alleged drug boat off the coast of Trinidad. According to a Washington Post report published Friday, anonymous sources familiar with the matter said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered everyone aboard killed. After the first strike, which was conducted by the Navy, two survivors remained, clinging to the wreckage. Admiral Mitch Bradley reportedly deemed that the survivors were legitimate targets and ordered that Hegseth's directive be carried out."
"Was it to demolish the rest of the boat that had been hit but not completely destroyed, or for was it for the principal purpose of eliminating the survivors? Eliminating the survivors would be a big problem if that's what it was all about. If they were killed in the course of the rest of the boat being destroyed, if it was sufficiently intact caused military personnel to think that the job had not been finished, that's another matter."
U.S. forces bombed an alleged drug-running vessel off Trinidad on Sept. 2. Anonymous sources reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered everyone aboard killed. After an initial Navy strike, two survivors clung to wreckage and an admiral reportedly deemed them legitimate targets, prompting a second strike that killed them. The administration has conducted similar strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific while offering no public evidence that the boats carried drugs. Legal experts characterize strikes to kill survivors as legally dubious or unlawful, noting lethal force is permitted only against imminent threats to life.
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