Calling it by any other name is crime scene staging to cover up a crime.

The first excuse Hegseth proffered was that the initial strike was intended to be a "lethal, kinetic strike." Apparently, the second strike was a do-over.

The second excuse was that the few survivors, and the wreckage they were clinging to, constituted "a navigation" hazard which was justification for them to be incinerated in the second strike without any effort to rescue them.

Finally, Hegseth is now denying that he gave the order to "Kill them all." So much for chain-of-command accountability.

Everyone knew that, when Trump started blowing boats out of the water, there would be occasional survivors who could be rescued by the navy with relative ease. The two survivors from the previously reported such incident were whisked away and never heard from again. The survivors in this recently reported incident, who were clinging to debris resulting from the first strike, were murdered in the unjustified second strike.

Apparently, when Trump and his ghoulish handlers started this brutal campaign, they felt that, with regard to the specifics as the how the lives were being taken, nobody would notice.

The survivors are most likely proof the murder victims were all just plain fisherman.
Which disproves the crime scene cover up story that Hegseth is killing drug cartel members.

Even if the boats do contain drug mules, killing them does nothing.
The higher ups will just recruit more.
The key is to go after the top dogs in the cartel.

Yes the navigation hazard story is ridiculous. Send the US military to rescue the survivors.
We have some of the best military rescue teams in the world.

And yes when suspects start telling one lie after another about the crime and their involvement,
it makes them look very very guilty.

You do not kill prisoners or the wounded or those unable to defend themselves and if you do it is a crime.
And rules of engagement apply to actual war this is murder.

They are really coming for you!

Maybe you won't get executed for murder like the Captain of a U Boat. Sunk a Greek freighter with no causalities.

He ordered his crew to use machine guns and grenades to kill them all.

Sound familiar Pete? Your elevator is here. Going Down!

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1997/february/peleus-war-crimes-trial

Study history Pete. Department of War Crimes

Douche-bag!

And deserves all the justice he deserves

"Jesus of Nazareth". It's been hard to find the shorter clips as stuff gets purged off of youtube but this has the scene with him, which happens in the first 2 minutes -

It's the ripple effect. A mentally unstable 79 year old sociopath groomed and enabled a younger version of himself, powered by alcohol.

Seething rage from someone with a haughty ego that rants - "Better the innocent should die than that the guilty should escape". "This is MY world". "There's no room for two Kings here".

No stone left unturned.

That's exactly how he acts behind closed doors with his henchmen.

He posts rants like that in ALL CAPS on social media.

(and that miniseries came out almost 50 years ago )

He will be pardoned for this and any and all other federal crimes.

The officer(s) aboard the plane that delivered the killing weapon, they could be toast. The chain of command between pilot/shooter and Hegseth are also guilty, but will probably just have their careers stagnate.

He was completely unqualified to begin with, and chances are he's drunk on top of it.