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Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.

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There's some latitude under the War Powers Act (1973) for POTUS to use military force on an emergency basis. But that requires prompt notice and explanation to Congress and the existence of an emergency. None of that exists or has happened.

The guy I'm watching is Wicker of Mississippi (R). He's the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He's not happy about Ukraine, nor is he thrilled about killing survivors in the water. He was in the Air Force. He was a JAG. He's prosecuted stuff like this. But he is an R, so who knows?

It's not a war. It's a sick sadistic sociopath proving he can stand on the corner of 5th avenue & murder people because no one will do anything about it. and "We" didn't do shit. I can't send the military to murder people because their country has oil

"... Even if you stipulate that it is a war ... " And what war is this pray tell??? Maybe Trump's private war? Definitely not America's war! I'm not aware of any war recently declared by the US Congress! Are you?

Yet if you or I murdered someone back in September, we'd be in jail without bail by now. And our future would not be bright. I wish really really badly that we were all equal in the eyes of the law in 2025.

This is vile. This is dehumanization at it's worst. All those involved are sick in the head. That's not dehumanization since the evidence is clear based on their actions. What more is it going to take for all the zombies thinking this is no big deal and business as usual to wake up?

Guilty of a war crime without even being at war! This would have been quite an achievement for any other presidential regime, but it’s just another day for this Trump one. Those poor men and their families.

They might have paddled that scrap of the boat they were clinging to, paddled so hard that they could have rammed one of the US fleet ships in the area. Hasn't Whiskey Pete offered this scenario yet? Well, it's early in the cover-his-ass story. Be patient.

Actually, they DID claim that they were a continuing threat because they were radioing for ‘reinforcements’. I imagine what they were really doing was trying to use their phones to call for help after being blown out of the water.

Oh, come on. Now the Democrats grow a conscience about killing civilians? We all know this is about the general context that this is not a war zone. That is the offensive part. It's a bunch of fisherman in international waters.

We’ve turned into the bad guys. Watch WW11 movies: what we’re doing bombing shipwrecked sailors not much different than German U2 boats killing fishermen, merchant marines, etc. no respect for Intl law; Embarrassing

There are a lot of questions if they were involved in "the fight" to begin with, some of the boats had fishermen (per their families), others had migrant labor headed to Trinidad. but they are brown, which is a crime according to MAGA and white supremacist Pete.

Again, the narrative is being angled towards "the Fight" to justify the initial attack. What Fight??? No Fight No Flight No Threat No Known Criminals/ Combatants or Arms aboard. No evidence of any Wrong doing And In Open Territorial waters. All Attacks = War Crimes. Simple.

FELON/Adjudicated RAPIST Donald J. "Bone Spurs" Trump, Drunk/Sexual Predator Pete Hegseth, Admiral Mitch Bradley & everyone involved are War Criminals & Murderers. And they all must be held accountable. Period! #Hagueseth

In 2024, the Coast Guard conducted more than 250 targeted interceptions in the Caribbean of boats believed to be transporting drugs based on intel. Only 55 were actually transporting drugs; the rest (80%) were innocent. Trump's policy is to kill them all, including the 80% who are innocent.

Why always the qualifiers? Just stop with the fucking qualifiers! That’s how this shit got normalized in the first place. JUST SAY WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS: MURDER!

You cannot stipulate it was war; war is declared by Congress. It’s murder; mass murder. Imagine what they are doing to the immigrants they are illegally picking up and disappearing This regime is murdering people

I want to SEE Himes call Tom Cotton a LIAR to his face, or Vice-Versa because they both watched the video and heard the Admiral, and they have totally different statements. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH????

Let's not stipulate at all. Not only is there no war, there is no fight against remotely flown missiles and drone weapons. Especially while desperately focusing on ocean survival. Politicians routinely refuse to discuss hypotheticals- stipulate nothing. #putinsGOP will sound-bite it into agreement.

America isn't engaged in a war in this hemisphere, blowing up boats and killing people and claiming they are terrorists, and transporting illegal drugs, let alone coming to America. Venezuela is over 3,700 kilometers from America. Donald Trump is a convicted criminal, a fact no one talks about.

The reality of this war is truly heartbreaking. Even in war, killing those who have left the fighting remains a clear taboo. The facts are stark: these people, no longer engaged in combat, still suffered deadly violence.

Exactly what I thought. Why wouldn't they capture them and investigate them to find out whom they are working with? Because they are fishermen...Kegsbreath and the GOP are war criminals. Whoever is our next president better put them all in the Hague

...and to those individuals that still carried out the murder after the "supposed" threat was no longer there....shame on them ! They are not service members, they are cold blooded killers...

The idea that they were "removed from the fight" is ludicrous! They were in the process of gathering up their drugs & using their shirts for sails on their fragmented & capsized vessel & gonna bring their poison directly to Merica without a doubt!

Nothing like appointing a big drunk to do a job like this! WTG Senators! Ya' fucked up again! But let's see how it goes on the tax payers dime meeting with him. Just impeach the fuck now, so we can appoint another Fox host to do absolutely nothing again! We need leadership, not assholes.

A question I have is that Himes said at the presser that "without context" it looks like we kill shipwrecked sailors, or something to that effect. And further said the Admiral gave further details explaining the events. Kind of late to ask, but I would like to know why he qualified his statement.

War? So you’re saying we’ve been in a Drug War since Nancy Reagan?! Then attack the Drugs in America’s streets like the Pharmaceutical Drugs that Big Pharma & Bad Doctor’s have loaded America’s streets WITH! Want to kill Ppl? Start ticking off Big Pharma criminals!

EVERY SINGLE ONE of these strikes has been unsanctioned murder in international waters. If they were actually drug traffickers (which is unlikely) that is NOT a crime served with immediate execution on the high seas. Everyone involved in this needs prison time at minimum.

War? How could it have been war when no war at that time had been declared. These people in those boats didn't know they were 'at war'. This is getting ridiculous. It was mass murder. Period.

Compare president Obama with VP Biden & Hillary Clinton somberly watching U.S. military strikes, ashen faced, knowing the gravity & kegbreath probably high fiveing everyone after killing innocent fishermen. Even if drug smugglers, they WEREN’T a threat to US bc they couldn’t get here & NO FENTANYL.

Well considering there was no “fight” or intent in the first place or any intention to fill their fuel tanks 20 times to get to the US coast, they were zero threat to our national security. It’s murder during peacetime period!

In his brief comments upon leaving the meeting, I had the sense that he was barely holding it together physically and emotionally, after watching that. You'd have to be a monster to NOT feel that these two were probably thinking of their families, and thanking God for surviving, only to be killed.

Because this was in international waters in which there was no evidence that the individuals in this boat were even headed towards the US, WHY, except in Hegseth's fevered imagination of white nationalism, were these people targeted?

How do these people sleep at night? How do they face their family after knowingly taking a human life? A human that is not at war, not armed and doing no wrong. Shame on them and shame on those that are allowing this to continued unchallenged. Slow walking this is just wrong.

Since magas have zero empathy for others, maybe they should think about the financial aspect of spending (b)millions on bombs to kill a few so they can't testify against your crimes. How much did they spend on that bomb to kill two people? Yeah, and it's murder, but magas don't care about that.

Is the Administration trying to claim that these boats were "armed" with cocaine? That this posed an imminent threat? 2,000 miles away in a boat that would have to refuel multiple times? Whut?