Michael Cohen - Dead Fishermen Ruin The Narrative
There is a level of stupidity in this administration so audacious it almost demands applause. Almost. This is the kind of stupidity where the leadership believes that if they just tell you to ignore your lying eyes and ears, you’ll nod politely and move along. “Trust us. I wasn’t there. I left the room to take a leak. Whatever.” Lies, lies, and more lies. And unlike cheap cologne, these lies don’t just fade; they stink up the room for years. Especially when those lies revolve around murder. Real murder.
Take the case of Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman. September 15, 2025: Carranza is going about his day, fishing in the Caribbean. A U.S. military strike hits his boat. He dies. Not in battle. Not defending the United States. Not in a declared war. He dies because the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, gave an order to bomb a boat without knowing who was on it. Yes, you read that correctly: Hegseth admitted he issued these orders despite having zero knowledge of the people he was targeting.
Now, some commentators, presumably armed with law books and polite language, call this a “war crime.” Cute. I call it murder 1. As far as I am aware, the country is not at war. There is no theater, no declaration, no enemy troops. Just Alejandro Carranza, a man doing what fishermen do, killed because the man running the Department of Defense—sorry, War—can’t be bothered with facts.
The timeline is almost comical if it weren’t so horrific. September 2, the first strike hits a boat. Some survive. Then, in a twist that would make a Bond villain nod in approval, a second strike finishes off the survivors. Two strikes. One boat. Dead people. Hegseth defends it by claiming he watched the first strike, left for meetings, didn’t see the second strike, and that the admiral “made the right call.” Because apparently, ignorance plus bravado equals competent leadership. Spoiler: it doesn’t.
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