US defence secretary says he did not see survivors before follow-up strike on drug boat

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he "did not personally see survivors" before a deadly follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

An initial strike reportedly left two survivors clinging to the burning vessel, before a second strike was allegedly ordered that left them dead.

The 2 September strike has prompted concerns that US forces may have violated laws governing armed conflict.

During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Hegseth attributed the strike to the "fog of war" in a chaotic situation. The White House has said that a top US Navy admiral, Frank Bradley, authorised the second strike.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-defence-secretary-says-did-191628188.html

Sure it wasn't the whiskey that brought on the fog Pete?

[spanone]

1. THEY ALL LIE, ALL THE TIME.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Wait for it....

He will claim he was drunk at the time and check into rehab.

[Walleye]

4. Good one. Maybe not this time but that is coming.

[Walleye]

3. Alcoholics can be accomplished liars. And it's not a damn war nobody's shooting back.

[Permanut]

5. This Navy vet calls bilgewash.

[markodochartaigh]

6. 10 year old boy to playmates:

"Kill 'em all! Hahaha, I killed 'em all!!!"

10 year old boy to parents:

"I didn't do anything", "I didn't see anything", "It wasn't me!", "I'm not responsible, it was somebody else", "There's nothing I could have done anyway!" "Who is blaming me? Maybe you should ask them!"

[Klarkashton]

7. WP report : "Kill them all"

How does that square?

[waterwatcher123]

8. Missing a Little Logic - So, They Ordered Strike on Already Sinking Boat??

[Jersey Devil]

9. The fog of bullshit prevented him from seeing them

Yeah, sure, the "fog of war". Like the Navy would ordinarily bomb a burning wreck of a small craft a second time to make it sink faster. If that's the best Hegseth can do he is going to get roasted when he appears before Congress.

[Zorro]

10. Hogsbreath: "Bradley ordered it, not me!"

I had not thought of that way to endear the military to you.

[genxlib]

11. That word "personally" is doing some heavy lifting there

Sounds like some weasel words to me. He didn't say that someone didn't see them or that they didn't know they were there. He said that he "personally" didn't see them.

I know carefully chosen words when I see them.

This would be a good time for a leaked signal chat ...