Keep pulling the thread on United States Navy.
The Trump administration has effectively turned the United States Navy into a death squad.
Despite a U.S.-brokered agreement to negotiate, the M23 militia, supported by Rwanda, continues to actively fight and kill Congolese soldiers on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley testified in a closed session before the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees regarding his order for a "double tap" strike off the coast of Venezuela in early September.
According to Senator Tom Cotton, Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley testified that he did not issue a "no quarter" or "kill them all" order for the strike off the coast of Venezuela.
Congressman Jim Himes described the briefing on the Venezuela strike as one of the most disturbing he has ever attended and confirmed that members were shown video of more than two strikes on the vessel.
The commander of U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Holsey, likely resigned because the anti-narcotics mission was assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command, which operated outside of his chain of command.
According to former OLC head Jack Goldsmith, the "double tap" strike on shipwrecked sailors off the coast of Venezuela constitutes a war crime and possibly murder under the Department of Defense's Law of War Manual.
President Trump and possibly Secretary Rubio believe that a significant show of military force will be sufficient to compel Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power.
The Trump administration will likely initiate military strikes against Venezuela without seeking an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) from Congress.
The Venezuelan regime effectively suppresses its population using a combination of militias, Cuban secret police, Chinese facial recognition technology, and Russian advisors.
Negotiations for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to leave power failed because President Trump would not grant him a full legal amnesty for his U.S. indictment for narcotics trafficking.
Elliot Cohen asserts that Russian President Vladimir Putin will only accept a peace deal with Ukraine on maximalist terms because he believes Russia is winning the war.