All he had to do was push blame for shitty orders up the chain or on politicians and tell his troops what they wanted to hear to keep them from fragging his ass.

He isn't overtly stupid and selfish, he's lazy and venal. Which is worse than stupid, IMO.

I’m starting to think they would all like to be rapists like Donald Trump

she had former Admirals, former generals on her show who proclaimed that Admiral Bradley will do the right thing, that Admiral Bradley will tell the truth to Congress. Well guess what, Admiral Bradley must have fallen asleep and the Magat body snatchers got to him, he is now one of them, what he did in the past is now tarnished forever.

The single tap missiles they are murdering people with is continuing, they just murdered some more people.

Even if these people are drug runners, it is still murder. We now have one reason that Krasnov can use to murder people, drug dealers. What's to stop Krasnov from bringing in Seal Team 6 to street corners across America? If it's legal in International waters it will be legal in the US to murder drug dealers, and guess what, no proof is needed that they were drug dealers.

of Duterte in the Philippines
Trump and SecDef Kegbreath are murdering suspects full stop...they are using our Military to murder drug smugglers (or fisherman, who knows) Because they can! What are you going to do about it? Take them to the Supreme Court? Impeach them ?
I'm just staying hydrated to piss on their graves....

I believe the expression was shame. And guilt.

paper over the truth. He just had a sketchy countenance. It was not a trustworthy look.

He swore an oath tho the Constitution, but he didn't take it as seriously as he should have.

There's different types of Officers out there -

Some who are competitive and tactically competent, where War is the game they love, and Politics is the way to play it. They can appear to be "straight shooters" because they understand they're working with actuals and realities instead of in a simulated environment, but it's still all about the "game" and success.

Then there are the "Have to Be in Charge" Officers who just play the Political plausible deniability game, and will throw anyone under the bus they can't leverage to get ahead. Many are glad-handers - the pleasant seeming ones who are smart enough to use the E-4 Mafia or Contractors and play a reliably supportive leadership role until they get to the top. Others are just lucky and Peter Principle themselves up the rank being REMFs.

Still others are True Believers, who hitch themselves up to a particular Officer Clique and ride the reputation of the group as far as their Secret Handshake can take them

And there's the Officers who actually believe in supporting their Country, the Constitution, and a Meritocratic Democracy in general; and want to keep that opportunity available for their kids and communities. They understand the realities and will play the political game as much as they can do so ethically and still live with themselves.

Most Officers are various combinations at different levels of characteristics above.

Take your pick as to which combination Bradley falls under. I'm sure of his Politics...it's his Ethics and Hubris I question.

is following the Duterte model.

I did not think he would come up with the story about the survivors trying to radio for help and continue with their mission. Who can believe that? Admiral Holsey is the only one in this case who showed any sense of morality when he resigned because of these illegal strikes. Bradley is as bad as hegseth and trump.

It just blows my mind that the folks and voters of Arkansas keep sending this idiot Tom Cotton back to the senate..I know most Republican southern states tend to make regressive choices over and over again and hurting their own interest but Tom Cotton really plays on the voting ignorance of your state.. He shows his disdain for the voters every time he opens his mouth. He is man who does not care about the people he represents.

He is all of those things and more. Any Senator who sides with Shitler that much is all of them.

He's a moron, fluffer, AND AN IDIOT

A government web page said most drugs coming in are through "ports of entry" by vehicles large and small.
Never seen MSM report this.

are headed to Europe. I have seen zero debate about this.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/drug-boats-venezuela-are-mainly-moving-cocaine-europe-not-fentanyl-us-rcna244583

"One popular route has the smugglers heading to Trinidad and Tobago, a short, 7-mile boat ride from the Venezuelan coast, according to the officials and experts."

Could the government of Trinidad and Tobago be involved with the cartels? From past experience we know that certain elements of the Mexican and Columbian governments were or still are involved with the cartels!

I'm going to bet they send more then one boat out at a time...and while the US Navy concentrates on the boats taking a certain route...the other boats are getting to their drop off points and offloading the cargo.

Of course without any solid evidence because it keeps getting destroyed, the US Navy is nothing more then a test to see if other American military services can be just as easily manipulated to open fire on American civilians...which is a possibility!!!

the good graces of Trump and Maga.

Obviously you can call him whatever you want Algodón, it doesn’t matter. The guy has a Harvard Law degree. He’s not a mental weakling. It’s far worse than that. He KNOWS, completely and fully, that what he’s spouting is complete and utter hogwash. He is betting that complete and utter hogwash is what his constituents want to hear, and is what will get him re-elected. So far, he has been exactly right. No one with a 75¢ haircut and Dumbo ears is ever going to win a Republican presidential primary, no matter how good his street smarts are. That died with Nixon. So, for public consumption, he dumbs himself down to Gomer Pyle level intellect with Deliverance villain meanness. It works for him, so we can’t call him an idiot—just a thoroughly evil manipultor.

But, as opposed to Republicans, we shouldn't begin to believe our jokes. That's their game not ours.

Now, go back to debating whether 2 people who were sitting on a piece of their boat were disabled or not. Fuck everyone who has to twist themselves into knots to pretend that our president isn't a murderer. Fuck them all.

He is a murderer!

As for the other, please don't insult (peripheral) sex workers. 😁

Among the most idiotic things he said was that those 2 guys who were clinging to the remains of a boat the military blew up were going to flip that boat over and continue on their way of delivering drugs to be sold in America.

That's pure DFSoB stuff. The boat may be small, but it still weighed several thousand pounds, and probably had a few small holes in it...big enough to swim through. Maybe Cotton head could flip that boat over, but no one else on the planet could. Not even a salvage crew could make that boat seaworthy again.
The 2 survivors couldn't possibly cause anyone harm, seeing that they were probably wounded, and alone in the ocean.
What we have been doing out there is a blatant violation of international law, and deliberately killing those men is murder.

But, it makes for good political theater; raw meat for the MAGA base.

That the military will always justify the murder of unarmed civilians. That isn't my opinion but history. To presume that we are safe and "it couldn't happen here" I would point you to incidents like Kent State and the Bonus Army Incident. That was just two major incidents. There are many others, by national guard, like the University of New Mexico Incident or the University of Jackson Massacre.

it's in his DNA

There once was a senator, Cotton,
Whose truth-telling skills were forgotten.
On “Meet the Press” day,
He sprayed claims every which way—
A performance some swear was all rotten.

He said kids were the core of his cares,
Though critics called that “putting on airs.”
For he cheered, so they claim,
Pete’s explosive acclaim—
A small boat the supposed target of “narco” affairs.

But Welker and Schiff cut right through,
Asking, “Tom, if protecting the youth’s what you do,
Why no outrage or bark
When Trump pardoned, remark,
A leader accused of drug-running, too?”

And then came a question quite stark:
“Why vote for RFK Jr.?”—remark
That the claims in the piece
Say his past wasn’t peace,
More a wander through life’s wilder arc.

“If you worry,” they pressed, “about kids,
Why back someone—again, as the commentary bids—
Whose crusades against shots
(So the article jots)
Could endanger them more than it rids?”

So Cotton, the article mocks,
Leaves Arkansans all checking their clocks—
For embarrassment’s peak,
Which arrives every week,
Though their governor sets quite a box.