We do know from Pete Hegsess' own words.

He said he was there. He was watching it live.

So that means he is the senior most member of a team who is in the operational chain of command.

He's responsible.

And I find it really disturbing that a guy who leads the Department of Defense immediately,

immediately starts to blame others.

Hi again, everyone.

It's now 5 o'clock in New York for those people seeking answers over the United States'

military's possible illegal double-tap vote strike in the Caribbean.

They're being spun and spun hard this afternoon.

The strike reportedly ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is not something that,

as of this afternoon, Pete Hegseth is interested in taking complete responsibility for.

Both the White House and Pete Hegseth are attempting to distance themselves from the September 2nd strikes by claiming that it was actually Admiral Frank M. Bradley, who ordered the initial strike and the second follow-up strike.

Hegset posting last night that he, quote, stands by Admiral Bradley and the combat decisions he, Admiral Bradley, has made on the September 2nd

mission and all other since. Translation, even though I was watching a live feed, even though I went

on TV and bragged about all aspects of the operation, I'm not taking any responsibility

for the things that happen during said operation.

But as friend of this program, Tom Nichols points out in the Atlantic, quote,

Bradley is an experienced officer who by virtue of his rank and position would be intimately familiar with the laws of armed conflict.

He would have to know that such an order is likely a war crime, and any senior officer would want civilian

leadership to sign off on an order with such potentially immense consequences, especially

on the first such operation. Nichols adds this, quote, if the admiral actually did give

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