Many in the U.S. military were already uneasy about Pete Hegseth‘s attacks on small boats in the Caribbean. There’s no evidence that the boats hit were being used to transport narcotics and, even if they were, obliterating them rather than intercepting and detaining those on board turns enlisted men into executioners.
But tensions have risen significantly after the revelation of the “second tap” orders from Hegseth. As per multiple reports, on hearing that the first strike had merely destroyed the boat and two survivors were left clinging to floating wreckage, Hegseth ordered the Navy to “kill them all”.
