If Hegseth Gave an Order to "Kill Everybody," He Must Be Removed and Prosecuted

[babylonsister]

If Hegseth Gave an Order to “Kill Everybody,” He Must Be Removed and Prosecuted
by Thom Hartmann | November 30, 2025 - 6:41am

— from The Hartmann Report

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What the Post reports is almost too grotesque to absorb.

After the first U.S. missile ripped the boat apart and set it burning, commanders watched on a live drone feed as two survivors clung desperately to the charred wreckage.

They were unarmed. They were wounded. They were no threat to anyone. They were simply alive; inconveniently alive for a man who had allegedly already given the order that there be no survivors.

And so, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the strike, the Special Operations commander overseeing the operation ordered a second missile. It hit the water and blew those two men apart.

History tells us to watch out for nations that lose their moral compass in real time.

It starts when the powerful stop seeing human beings as human. It accelerates when the government itself denies any obligation to justify its killings.

And when leaders begin lying to Congress and the public to cover what they’ve done, you’re no longer looking at isolated abuses. You’re staring straight into the machinery of authoritarianism.

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/thom-hartmann/115565/if-hegseth-gave-an-order-to-kill-everybody-he-must-be-removed-and-prosecuted

[Lovie777]

1. shithole was aware and boasted it on his fucked social media platform...............

those 6 assholes US SC justices gave shithole immunity, does this also cover murder?

[Irish_Dem]

7. The US Supreme Court has given Trump permission to kidnap, torture, kill as many people as he wants.

[malaise]

2. It is why they fear Kelly et al

Lock them up

[Walleye]

3. I know these people aren't old enough to remember it, but hasn't any one of them ever heard of My Lai

And lieutenant Calley? Trump would probably pardon him at this point.

[Blumancru]

4. And who will remove him?

Maybe the same people who stopped the destruction of the White House and who stopped our military from being used against us? The same people who stopped the vaccine disinformation and the rampant bribery?
Who will remove him?

Nobody, that’s who.

The only one with power to remove him is pleased with what he is doing.

[babylonsister]

9. If they can get him before a judge, that might

work.

[Vinca]

5. They reported there were 11 people in the boat, which would be an indication it wasn't a drug shipment.

Drug runners pack the boat with drugs, not people.

[Native]

6. 2 additional important points from his piece (imo):

"The administration insists the victims were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. But in classified briefings to Congress, Pentagon officials have not provided even one single verified name of a trafficker or gang leader they’ve killed. Lawmakers from both parties say they’ve been shown nothing beyond grainy videos of small boats being destroyed from the air.

If these men had truly been high–value cartel operatives, Trump would be parading names and photos across every rally stage in America. The silence tells its own story."

and...

"If the Post’s reporting is accurate — and multiple congressional offices say it is consistent with what whistleblowers have told them — then the United States has engaged in the deliberate killing of wounded, unarmed men floating in the sea."

.....I hope those whistleblowers are protected.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Usually you arrest the lower level cartel members who can name names.

You work your way up the food chain to the top dogs.

You don't kill those who can nail the cartel leaders.

[Squaredeal]

10. Articles of impeachment against Hegseth should be drawn.

Let’s see where the two parties stand on murder. (Sen. Sue Collins can be “concerned”.)

[doc03]

11. He can't be impeached, and Trump will pardon him of any crime. nt

[Bettie]

12. In a normal world that would be the case

...in this version of the world, who fucking knows what will happen.

[bluestarone]

13. Sad to admit it, but our country is in a big

CATCH-22 We have lost complete control. If anybody has answers that would get us out of this mess please enter them here. I'm even thinking that when we get control of the house, the only thing we gain is possible investigations, and we ALL know how that goes. DAM, the most beautiful country in the world is being destroyed by the WORST of the WORST!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Hegseth is a war criminal/mass murderer

[Iggo]

15. The first pass was already murder, and they don't care about that.

Why would they care about the second pass?

[DFW]

16. He is not alone

Trump approved the attack, Hegseth ordered the killing, and Bondi is sure to have given the legal green light (backed up by at least Alito and Thomas, possibly the rest of the Trump Six). Good luck on getting your hands on THAT recording. Even if you did, The Roberts Six would find a justification for it. To them, murder is not a crime unless doe to someone they don't like.

Hegseth mightend up being Trump's Ernst Röhm, but I think Trump likes him too much for that.

[artemisia1]

17. Anyone who is watching our Armed Forces and expecting true resistance to unlawful, unconstitutional orders, take note.

Incidents like these show that your faith, if you have it, is misplaced. It is upon the populace to resist.