By Walt Zlotow
Hegseth might as well have told Congress that: “I have no idea who I’m murdering on the high seas… and I don’t care.”
Pete Hegseth’s War Dept held a briefing Wednesday for Congress on their criminal, unconstitutional bombings of small, unarmed boats in the Caribbean and Pacific killing 61 unidentified US murder victims.
Pete’s Murder Unincorporated not divulge the names of the dead, saying that was unnecessary since they were obviously drug smugglers bringing in fentanyl to kill thousands of unsuspecting US drug users. And in Hegseth’s newly renamed Department of War, suspected drug smugglers aren’t interdicted, boats searched and actual drug smugglers arrested. They and their boats are simply blown to bits.
Morally centered Democrats arrived at the hearing poised to object to Hegseth’s murderous lawlessness… but they were turned away. Only high seas murder supporting Republicans were allowed in. Democratic Senator Mark Warner blasted this show hearing:
“It’s not optional (to allow in Democrats). It’s a freakin’ duty. When an administration decides it can pick and choose which elected representatives get the understanding of their legal argument of why this is needed for military force and only chooses a particular party, it ignores all the checks and balances.”
Next day Pete pivoted and allowed Dems in… but barred War Department attorneys who would have to offer legal justification for their boss’ ongoing mass murder on the high seas. Likely reason? If they had an iota of moral, ethical and professional decency they’d say… “Absolutely none.”
Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL
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Sorry to be so crude, but the US I see today from here in Oz is a shitshow.
Today Venezuelan drug smugglers, tomorrow … ?
Three comments so far – ALL WELL SAID!!
Well fellas, this is what we get when we we accept the endless lies about the wonder and beauty of liberal democracy.
What we are watching is “Liberal Democracy — The End-Game”
It’s time we took more notice of Denis Hay and got serious about exploring alternatives.
He should be standing in the dock at the ICC (figuratively speaking – I’m not sure if they have a dock at the ICC).
I now see the Orange Madman now wants to send troops into Mexico to hunt drug cartels BUT it’s not an invasion. Strange, I thought that when you send the military, armed to the teeth, into a sovereign nation you were effectively committing an act of war. Hegseth must be having multiple orgasms about seeing his big rough, tough, non-beardo, non-fat, non-gay, etc. forces going into combat. No matter how Trump and his gang of lunatics word it, it’s still an invasion in my book.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-drug-cartels-mexico-plans-military-b2857527.html
What’s the bet that TACO strikes again?
This piece of music always gives me the shivers. Why? I have no idea, it just has that effect.
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=we+were+soldiers+soundtrack&&mid=AEB0904AEE1BE40333C4AEB0904AEE1BE40333C4&&FORM=VRDGAR