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To: Les H who wrote (49206)12/2/2025 1:53:32 PM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 49753
 
Fear grows that White House is throwing admiral under the bus to protect Hegseth on ‘kill them all’ boat strikes: report
Pentagon brass are reportedly steaming over what appears to be the Trump administration’s intention to blame a veteran naval officer for allegedly ordering a second missile strike on an alleged drug-running boat to kill two survivors of an earlier missile hit.


On Monday, the White House confirmed reporting in The Washington Post that had revealed that American forces killed the survivors of the initial September strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, which President Donald Trump has said was smuggling drugs for the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua.


Hegseth keeps target on Navy man over lethal ‘narco boat’ strikes with eight-word retort to claim he tossed admiral under bus
The Trump administration appears to be scapegoating a decorated Navy SEAL commander in order to insulate the ‘Secretary of War’ as questions mount over whether US forces committed a war crime

Andrew Feinberg
in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday 02 December 2025

Hegseth keeps target on Navy man over lethal ‘narco boat’ strikes with eight-word retort to claim he tossed admiral under bus | The Independent