Did the US Military Break the Law of War? Video Reveals Fatal Second Strike on Shipwrecked Boat Crew

Did the US military break the Law of War? Video reveals fatal second strike on shipwrecked boat crew

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 — When the US military carried out its first strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2, the attack began with an airburst munition exploding above the 11-member crew like an umbrella of shrapnel.A video of the attack, shown to US lawmakers on Thursday and described to Reuters by two sources familiar with the imagery, showed smoke clearing and two men, who had somehow lived through the blast, clinging …

Democrat: Video of Boat Strike One of “Most Troubling Things” He’s Ever Seen

Striking a shipwreck is so egregious that the Pentagon uses it as an example of a “clearly illegal” order in its manual.

Strike on 'shipwrecked' boat was 'patent violation' of  Pentagon war rules: military experts

Greatly influenced by Patrick Buchanan's American First ideology, President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement are often described as "isolationists" who reject the hawkish foreign policy of past GOP presidents like Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Trump and his allies, from "War Room" host Steve Bannon to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, are openly disdainful of neocons. But in 2025, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegse…

Hegseth Under Fire Over Caribbean Strike Controversy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finds himself in a political storm hotter than a Caribbean sun as two explosive controversies threaten to capsize his tenure. According to The Hill, from a deadly military strike on a drug-smuggling vessel to a leaked encrypted chat about potential attacks in Yemen, Hegseth faces accusations of policy violations and even war crimes, with Democrats demanding his resignation and some Republicans raising eyebrows over…