Without military standards, we're just a third world country
For a little under an hour — 41 minutes, according to a separate US official — Bradley and the rest of the US military command center discussed what to do as they watched the men struggle to overturn what was left of their boat, the sources said.
Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources. The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went
Replies to: Without military standards, we're just a third world country
Well, I hope he enjoyed his naval career
This is a textbook illegal order. Those who carried it out should be court-martialed, too.
These guys were criminals, not terrorists. They were pony higher-ups. Just flunkies.
Not mention these military leaders are seeing just how quick the Sec Def will throw them under a bus
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