WATCH: Dem Senator Accuses Pete Hegseth Of ‘War Crimes’ Over Drug Cartel Strikes

By Cullen McCue

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is doubling down on his calls for active duty troops to disobey orders he deems as “illegal,” this time telling “Meet The Press” host Kristen Welker that War Secretary Pete Hegseth is guilty of “war crimes” for ordering airstrikes on drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Kelly was speaking in reference to an article from the Washington Post which, according to “anonymous sources,” claimed that Hegseth ordered issued a verbal directive to Special Operations commanders during a September 2, 2025, missile strike on a Venezuelan-flagged boat in the Caribbean suspected of drug trafficking.

The anonymously-sourced report claims that Hegseth ordered a follow-up strike after two traffickers were seen “clinging to the wreckage” of one of the boats. It also cited a number of anonymous legal analysts, including, former military lawyers, described the order as a potential “textbook war crime” or “extrajudicial killing,” violating international law by showing “no quarter” to non-combatants…

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