townhall.com By Matt Vespa
The Left is appalled by the airstrikes against narco-terrorists in the Caribbean. Democrats are mulling impeachment proceedings against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The memory-holing regarding this operation is amazing. It’s truly a sight to behold because no one said anything when Barack Obama executed 500 drone strikes, which killed civilians. Americans were also killed. Americans were on Obama’s kill list, also known as the ‘Disposition Matrix.’ So, please, spare us these lectures about the legality of the strikes.
Operation Southern Spear is again awash with controversy, after reports of a narco boat being bombed twice were reported. The second strike took out a bunch of terrorists who survived the first strike. No, they weren’t clinging to wreckage. They were trying to get back onto what was left of the ship and signal for assistance. We’re eliminating terror threats. The media tried to smear Hegseth as a war criminal. He is not, with these strikes vetted by civilian and military lawyers. Yet, there’s another angle to this, one that liberals might not understand since they’re so engulfed in Trump derangement. An attorney, formerly a Trump naval lawyer, explained it to RC Maxwell at our sister site Redstate, where he delivered the kill shot to the Left’s argument that these strikes are akin to war crimes:
As Democrats escalate their attacks in the wake of Capitol Hill briefings by U.S. Special Operations Command commander Admiral Frank M. Bradley, prominent military defense attorney and former Trump Navy lawyer Tim Parlatore told RedState that politicians are deliberately mischaracterizing lawful combat actions. In an exclusive interview, Parlatore laid out the legal distinction at the heart of the controversy…
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