Well, well — it looks like the truth is finally catching up with the media’s favorite outrage narrative. According to new intelligence obtained by ABC News (yes, even they couldn’t ignore it), the second strike on a suspected narco-terrorist boat in the Caribbean wasn’t just justified — it was necessary to finish the mission. So much for the dramatic “war crimes” storyline Democrats were practically salivating over.
ABC anchor Martha Raddatz reported Wednesday evening that an anonymous source confirmed two survivors were still active threats after the initial strike. And here’s the kicker: they weren’t helplessly clinging to debris like the Washington Post’s melodramatic “exclusive” suggested. No, the two men actually climbed back onto the boat, apparently trying to recover their drug cargo — and possibly coordinating with others in their network. You know, the sort of thing “active combatants” tend to do.
Raddatz explained it clearly: “According to a source familiar with the incident, the two survivors climbed back on to the boat after the initial strike. They were believed to be potentially in communication with others, and salvaging some of the drugs. Because of that, it was determined they were still in the fight and valid targets.”
A JAG officer was even on hand providing legal guidance — something conveniently ignored by the media hordes already shouting “war crimes” from the rooftops. The unreleased video is expected to be key evidence, and Admiral Bradley will testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. Hopefully someone brings popcorn.
Of course, this all contradicts the Washington Post’s anonymously sourced weekend “exclusive,” which claimed Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a direct order to “kill them all” while two men allegedly clung to wreckage like a movie scene. Naturally, Democrats and their loyal legacy media immediately embraced the fantasy, spending all of Sunday calling Hegseth a war criminal — because when you can’t win elections, you attack the people who keep the country safe.
The hysteria didn’t stop there. The hosts of ABC’s “The View” predictably took it upon themselves to declare Hegseth guilty before seeing a shred of evidence. They even argued that if service members were ever charged, it would be because Hegseth had “set them up.” That’s the level of expert military analysis you get from a daytime gossip show.
But now the facts are rolling in, and it turns out the War Department acted within mission parameters — and with legal oversight. Exactly what you’d expect from a competent administration that takes threats seriously.
Good news: the truth has a funny way of surfacing, even when the media tries its hardest to bury it.
