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50. Unfortunately, for the Sailors that pushed the button, "we were just following orders" is a weak defense

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:13 PM

Sep 3

I served 28.5 years in the United States Navy.

I think I was wrong about the integrity and honor I believed my Shipmates had.

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"We blew it up...on Trump's orders." [View all] deminks Sep 3 OP

Bass boats Greg_In_SF Sep 3 #1

The only sure way to tell what it was Another Jackalope Sep 3 #3

Exactly... no more boat, no way to prove or disprove anything. Therefore, slightlv Sep 3 #15

Countdown OrangeJoe Sep 3 #23

He wants to get a drug boat so bad he doesn't want to risk MadameButterfly Sep 3 #37

That's very unsettling. ecstatic Thursday #58

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

A pleasure boat can have 4 engines deepblue Sep 3 #22

They can Greg_In_SF Sep 3 #26

My neighbor had a boat with 3 Chrysler V8's in it. Just for fishing on Lake Michigan. OverBurn Sep 3 #38

Half the boats in Miami do pfitz59 Sep 3 #42

So you are saying it is ok to kill folks usedtobedemgurl Sep 3 #55

Me? You talking to me? deepblue Thursday #62

Do the DOD's brownshirts understand that "just following orders" is not a defense RockRaven Sep 3 #2

Hitler had the Brownshirts murdered Kaleva Sep 3 #7

Only The Leaders ProfessorGAC Sep 3 #24

The loyalty of the Brownshirts wasn't in question Kaleva Thursday #61

Agreed ProfessorGAC Thursday #63

Verbal orders, I'm sure Fichefinder Sep 3 #4

So we can kill a literal 'Boat load' of people just on a Suspision? mackdaddy Sep 3 #5

Unfortunately WmChris Sep 3 #16

Intercepting (easy) & interrogating is so much less CONVENIENT than extra-judicially killing 11 people. . . . /s . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #6

The quaint idea of due process sammythecat Sep 3 #28

OK, they just picked a boat to destroy and claimed it was cartel. ananda Sep 3 #8

Reminds me of HWBush popsdenver Sep 3 #14

Good comparison. Bush 2 invaded Iraq and took advantage of 9/11. ananda Sep 3 #19

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

I thought popsdenver Sep 3 #51

Reagan knocked over Grenada markodochartaigh Sep 3 #30

And to wag the dog, to distract from the Beirut embassy bombing. Hassler Sep 3 #36

Begging for more 9/11s. multigraincracker Sep 3 #10

So many questions. maxsolomon Sep 3 #11

That's not normal protocol for interdiction activities. haele Sep 3 #57

Meanwhile Putin, Modi, Xi and Kim were yucking bronxiteforever Sep 3 #12

F.cking Supreme Court! Buddyzbuddy Sep 3 #13

I dont care if they were carrying 500 pounds of cocaine. Eko Sep 3 #17

The whole thing is a disgrace. yardwork Sep 3 #21

Proving yet again that the "Orange menace", in the words of Eddie Janko,... the nelm Sep 3 #34

His dealer was late so... Dave Bowman Sep 3 #18

That excuse didn't work at Nuremberg it's not going to work now. Ray Bruns Sep 3 #20

Cost of doing business to the cartel lonely bird Sep 3 #25

The orange monster is working day & night to make America an international pariah Hekate Sep 3 #27

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

Typical Of Cantaloupe Caligula... GB_RN Sep 3 #33

Murdering 11 Venezuelans without knowing 100% Farmer-Rick Sep 3 #35

Blow it up, film it, and use that clip of a evidence-less mass murder for political propaganda Justice matters. Sep 3 #47

The Reform party in the UK would love to do something like this. malthaussen Sep 3 #39

It was around 1,200 miles over the open sea from the markodochartaigh Sep 3 #40

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

It was murder! Emile Sep 3 #43

More than likely T tried to shake them down Hope22 Sep 3 #44

This is basically piracy EndlessMaze Sep 3 #45

I think this story... Mike Nelson Sep 3 #46

Maybe Gulf of Tonkin important ... Turnip is waving his big stick below the Equator, ready to start another eppur_se_muova Sep 3 #48

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #49

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

It scares me that the Navy followed this order. nt Ilsa Sep 3 #53

He has murder in his heart. GoodRaisin Sep 3 #54

Were there children in the boat? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #56

Murder/Terrorism moondust Thursday #59

Of course Nobody paying attention would Cha Thursday #60

MaddowBlog-Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #64

Will this be his new method of handling scary immigrants or demonstrators? Ping Tung Thursday #65

Impeach him! Joinfortmill Thursday #66