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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that the body will put military officials “under oath” regarding reported follow-up strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

“We’re going to have an investigation,” Kelly told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We’re going to have a public hearing. We’re going to put these folks under oath. And we’re going to find out what happened. And then, there needs to be accountability.”

CNN and The Washington Post reported Friday that the U.S. carried out a second strike on an accused drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Sept. 2, killing the remaining survivors of its initial attack.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Unjustifiably murdering everybody on the boat with one shot is just fine, but having to use two is going too far for these senators or what?

    While you DO have a valid point, repeating the attack shows the intentionality much more clearly.

    Accidentally shooting at a civilian target once is (divorced from the context) somewhat plausible, but doing it again shows that you likely did it on purpose, which is MUCH worse from a legal standpoint. Its basically the difference between premeditated murder and involuntary manslaughter/whatever it’s called when the government does it.

    Perhaps it’s best for countries that were dependant on the U.S. for certain purposes to cut ties with such a deranged country and band together to soften the blow. You don’t need the liability.

    DEFINITELY. Some are already doing that, but it’s been WAY overdue for decades. Most of the world being dependent and/or cowed by the US is THE main reason why it’s been getting away with committing war crimes and other human rights violations for generations.