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In reply to the discussion: "We blew it up...on Trump's orders." [View all]TomSlick
(12,704 posts)29. Extra judicial killing for an alleged offense that could not be the subject of capital punishment is murder.
Trump has SCOTUS created immunity. Rubio, Hegseth, and anyone down the chain that gave the order should be prosecuted. There is no statute of limitations for murder.
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Cmon now, they were going after some of the largest sea bass ever rumored to exist in that big bad bass boat. nt
taxi
Sep 3
#9
My neighbor had a boat with 3 Chrysler V8's in it. Just for fishing on Lake Michigan.
OverBurn
Sep 3
#38
Do the DOD's brownshirts understand that "just following orders" is not a defense
RockRaven
Sep 3
#2
Intercepting (easy) & interrogating is so much less CONVENIENT than extra-judicially killing 11 people. . . . /s . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 3
#6
Bush 2 invaded Iraq because he thought that Sadamn had disrespected his daddy after the first Iraq war of Bush 1
LiberalArkie
Sep 3
#31
Extra judicial killing for an alleged offense that could not be the subject of capital punishment is murder.
TomSlick
Sep 3
#29
I am expecting this will lead to us reading about the U.S. blowing up boats full of refugees. Sorry to express such
ShazamIam
Sep 3
#32
Blow it up, film it, and use that clip of a evidence-less mass murder for political propaganda
Justice matters.
Sep 3
#47
i guess its ok now for venezula to attack a US fishing boat in international waters claiming its a drug boat
moonshinegnomie
Sep 3
#41
Maybe Gulf of Tonkin important ... Turnip is waving his big stick below the Equator, ready to start another
eppur_se_muova
Sep 3
#48
Unfortunately, for the Sailors that pushed the button, "we were just following orders" is a weak defense
maxrandb
Sep 3
#50
I believe Trump would use nuclear missiles if he thought he could personally benefited from it.
Doodley
Sep 3
#52
MaddowBlog-Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters
LetMyPeopleVote
Thursday
#64