Did the U.S. commit a war crime?
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, the White House said that on September 2, the military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug-running boat in the Caribbean after two boat occupants survived an initial strike. The statement follows a Washington Post reportpublished Friday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized military action to kill everyone on board the boat (though it is unclear whether he was aware of the second strike on the two survivors). If carried out as described, the second strike may have violated international law by killing incapacitated enemy combatants.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
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| 0:28.0 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and today we're going to be covering the Caribbean boat strikes and the controversy surrounding some of Pete Hegseth's comments about them. |
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