"Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters on Thursday that the double-tap strike on survivors of an alleged drug smuggling boat in early September was absolutely justified as they were moving to return to their damaged vessel. Cotton began by thanking Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley and General Dan Cain, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for coming to brief about the strikes on September 2nd, which were righteous strikes. These are narco-terrorists who are trafficking drugs that are destined for the United States to kill thousands of our Kansans and millions of Americans."
"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs, bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight and potentially, given all the context we heard of other narco-terrorist boats in the area, coming to their aid to recover their cargo and recover those narco-terrorists," Cotton said, adding: And just like you would blow up a boat off of the Somali coast or the Yemeni coast and you'd come back and strike it again"
Sen. Tom Cotton defended a September double‑tap strike on survivors of an alleged drug‑smuggling boat as justified because survivors were attempting to return to their damaged vessel. He thanked Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley and Gen. Dan Cain for briefing and called the strikes righteous and lawful, labeling the targets as narco‑terrorists trafficking drugs destined to kill Americans. Admiral Bradley gave the order for the second strike under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's authorization; both face scrutiny and accusations of potential war crimes. Cotton described video showing survivors trying to recover cargo and compared the action to strikes against terrorists off Somali and Yemeni coasts.
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