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The US has committed war crimes in the waters around Venezuela.

Members of the Trump administration are beginning to realize that this could
have dire consequences for them in the future.

Trump is now blaming Hegseth, and Hegseth, in turn, is saying this:

"Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my
100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he made..."

In other words, if you're looking for someone to blame: it was his decision
and his order; he ordered those war crimes, not me. I'm just supporting him...
This is a classic example of throwing someone under the bus.

I wonder how Admiral Bradley will interpret this now. Is he going to gather
evidence that it was a political order that he foolishly followed, even though
he should have refused?

Or will Bradley now also fully support someone lower down in the chain of
command? A local commander who he will now blame.

You do wonder, though... If Bradley had refused that order from Trump and
Hegseth, he would have been court-martialed, and under the current regime, he
would have been convicted, because Congress, led by the spineless Republicans,
would have literally left him hanging.

In any case, Bradley was the loser. That's what happens with unreliable
politics in your country. In any case, Bradley is now also guilty of a war
crime. I know Trump and Hegseth put him in an impossible situation, but if
anyone should have made it clear that this was going too far, it was him. The
US is not Russia... correct... it wasn't Russia.

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