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patphil

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49. I'm not buying this. All 11 were important enough to be on a kill list?

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:43 AM

Dec 7

Even if it was a drug boat, and there isn't any evidence it was, most of the people on the boat would be simple crewmen.
The story is bullshit, pure and simple. We need an excuse to commit murder on the high seas so we can distract the people from the things that are much more important.
We know it's not the drugs because Trump just pardoned former Honduran President Hernandez, a man who facilitated the shipment of 400 tons of cocaine to the US.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/former-honduran-president-released-us-prison-after-trump-pardon-2025-12-02/

I wonder how much Trump got paid for that pardon?
And, I wonder how long it will be before there's a list of American citizens who are "enemies of the state" and are authorized to be killed.

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Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 7 OP

How could they know.... DemMedic Dec 7 #1

Circular logic. Girard442 Dec 7 #3

List of MILITARY TARGETS? Roy Rolling Dec 7 #50

Disgraceful Admiral, disgrace on its/his face. NotHardly Dec 7 #57

Added posthumously I'm sure. pcdb Dec 8 #87

Your "list" liberalgunwilltravel Dec 7 #2

"Your name is on a secret government watch list" is a fear tactic used by all authoritarian dictators. sop Dec 7 #10

Secret list means kacekwl Dec 7 #34

Easy to make up a list retrospectively. Aussie105 Dec 8 #81

Just like Joseph McCarthy NotHardly Dec 7 #45

If Jack the Ripper had maintained a list, I guess it would be OK then. Bluetus Dec 7 #25

And don't forget jaymac Dec 7 #38

Powell could have resigned rather than lie for the cabal RazorbackExpat Dec 8 #90

Where have I heard shit like this before? Oh yeah...Iraq and WMD's Bengus81 Dec 7 #75

Since when is it okay to kill suspects? perdita9 Dec 7 #4

Exactly. Trump is setting the standard. Murder people you don't like who might be guilty of something. Irish_Dem Dec 7 #5

Pretty soon they'll claim the boat was carrying a nuclear weapon. sop Dec 7 #6

Do they really think we will believe this? It is Total bullshit.... ashredux Dec 7 #7

If they were terrible drug traffickers, take a bow, gab13by13 Dec 7 #8

Show us the list Grolph_ Dec 7 #9

Can't, it's secret. kacekwl Dec 7 #35

I think we should just let them keep talking. Biophilic Dec 7 #11

They are saying exactly what Der orange Fuhrer is telling them to say. KS Toronado Dec 7 #13

Yes, as well as the idiots that surround and support him. Biophilic Dec 7 #17

He surrounds himself with yes-men KS Toronado Dec 7 #20

Miller Miller, Miller Traildogbob Dec 7 #27

Definitely... GiqueCee Dec 7 #32

Fox News. travelingthrulife Dec 7 #36

Four of the men aboard..... SergeStorms Dec 7 #12

We are doing everything we can COL Mustard Dec 7 #14

I read it was because of these lethal strikes. He pushed back and was ousted. travelingthrulife Dec 7 #37

It'll be interesting when he's retired COL Mustard Dec 7 #47

The videos they show looked very grainy. I find it hard to believe they could tell the identities of the people on the everyonematters Dec 7 #15

I hope this Admiral has a good lawyer. johnnyfins Dec 7 #16

I hope he doesn't. I hope his lawyer is just barely good enough to not do anything RockRaven Dec 7 #56

Alina Habba is available. More than qualified! Bengus81 Dec 7 #77

So . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 7 #18

Everybody in this maladministration is a threat to America. travelingthrulife Dec 7 #39

Seems like Bradley is just as bad as his boss or his bosses boss, all liars of the first degree. lark Dec 7 #19

OK. Release who they were and what they were up to. paleotn Dec 7 #21

Liar duckworth969 Dec 7 #22

So, let's see the list. Baitball Blogger Dec 7 #23

So.... they know the name of all 80+ people they've murdered. lamp_shade Dec 7 #24

And they know this Jilly_in_VA Dec 7 #26

When mendacious idiots... GiqueCee Dec 7 #28

Please make it stop. hay rick Dec 7 #29

Earlier this week I heard they go after the boat not the people Justice Dec 7 #30

"...whether the second strike violated international law." J_William_Ryan Dec 7 #31

I don't believe him; I likewise think it is immaterial--outside of a declared (Congressionally-approved war) hlthe2b Dec 7 #33

He's a bald-headed and bald-faced liar wolfie001 Dec 7 #40

I don't believe for one second they knew the identity of every person on that boat... Martin Eden Dec 7 #41

Their names ended in "ez" so they are on the list twodogsbarking Dec 7 #42

... Solly Mack Dec 7 #43

This incident happened back in September. They released the video of the first strike, but I haven't seen doc03 Dec 7 #44

This is from the Department of Defense War Manual beyondtimes Dec 7 #46

Hegseth is telling us he has a passenger manifest for every motor skiff that leaves the Venezuelan coast? DFW Dec 7 #48

I'm not buying this. All 11 were important enough to be on a kill list? patphil Dec 7 #49

Exactly Farmer-Rick Dec 7 #51

11 people on a tiny outboard boat sounds like people smuggling, not drug smuggling. SunSeeker Dec 7 #74

BULLFKINGSH!T! OMGWTF Dec 7 #52

Lets see the list of names Historic NY Dec 7 #53

BREAKING NEWS! That list has been leaked to the media! See here: RockRaven Dec 7 #54

I think the inference is supposed to be that US agents have infiltrated the drug "gangs" hedda_foil Dec 7 #55

If this is true, we now know one Admiral that needs to be bluestarone Dec 7 #58

Stripped of rank. Dishonorable discharge. sakabatou Dec 7 #59

No. Shipwack Dec 7 #73

The Admiral is an even bigger liar than Trump. raccoon Dec 7 #60

Yup, Trump found "his admiral." nt SunSeeker Dec 7 #76

Prove it. Names, proof of identity....yeah, didn't think so eom Maeve Dec 7 #61

He's a disgrace to the uniform. n/t flvegan Dec 7 #62

These explanations become more utterly ridiculous by the hour. flashman13 Dec 7 #63

Don't drag us into a war! undergrounddemsunite Dec 7 #64

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 7 #65

The real problem here Doc_Technical Dec 7 #66

We have to choose our battles. Focus on the big things LiberalLovinLug Dec 7 #67

Not a "distraction" BumRushDaShow Dec 7 #69

You said it. LiberalLovinLug Dec 7 #79

WTH ForgoTheConsequence Dec 8 #80

"Who gives a shit what right-wing pundits have to say?" LiberalLovinLug Dec 8 #84

They're never going to be on your side. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 8 #86

They are compiling "lists" BumRushDaShow Dec 8 #83

Sounds good on paper. LiberalLovinLug Dec 8 #85

As I expect you can tell BumRushDaShow Dec 8 #88

Excuse me, Admiral, but I do not believe one word of this AverageOldGuy Dec 7 #68

Since when does the military have such lists? And when did it become legal to target people in foriegn waters for death appleannie1 Dec 7 #70

When the US declared drugs to be terrorist weapons. maxsolomon Dec 9 #91

Well then, we can target trump since he has been known to stuff drugs up his nose along with Donny Jr. appleannie1 Dec 9 #92

Yet another "list" we'll never see. IcyPeas Dec 7 #71

I smell bullshit Ray Bruns Dec 7 #72

If true, that still only defends the first missile strike NickB79 Dec 7 #78

Well, I hope other countries don't adopt this sort of foreign diplomacy! Aussie105 Dec 8 #82

What ever medals you had, you just threw them in the garbage, and bluestarone Dec 8 #89