In the line of Hegseth's and Trump's unfriendly fire

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist

It’s reported that, by direct order of Secretary of Indefensible Pete Hegseth, two men who survived the initial bombing of their allegedly drug-bearing boat, clinging to wreckage, were murdered by a second strile. “

Kill them all,” he’s said to have said. By any definition, that’s a war crime, and it was done in our name. It tracks directly to Trump, who chose for SecDef an unqualified, weekend Fox “news” host with a history of alcohol and other kinds of abuse. Hegseth, whose expectation at Fox was to lie as per its business model, now a member of an administration headed by a pathological liar and filled from there down with no one deserving of trust, denies the claim.

Something, something, Brooklyn Bridge.

When two survivors of another attack were captured, they were sent home immediately. At that time, some wondered if it was because victims aren’t the “narco-terrorists” Trump claims, and he wants no one to find out. We must wonder the same in this case, where survivors were silenced at sea. Will we ever find out? Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said they “will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts.” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is, no doubt, “disturbed.”

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