Admiral Who Ordered 'Kill Everyone' to Brief Congress on Ethics
AP reports Admiral Frank 'Mitch' Bradley, now commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, will provide a classified briefing to Congress regarding allegations he ordered the killing of survivors of a boat strike. This comes after reports, including from The Washington Post, that Bradley implemented then-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's directive to 'kill everybody.' Legal experts cited by AP
note targeting survivors would constitute a war crime. Hegseth, a public figure, has previously made similar bellicose statements advocating for extreme force in various international contexts. The US military, of course, rarely holds its top brass accountable for such directives, especially when labeled 'classified.' Instead of prosecution, Bradley is now 'briefing' those who ostensibly oversee
such actions. One might wonder if this is an investigation, or a carefully orchestrated cover-up. The pattern of Washington finding reasons to excuse, rather than punish, alleged war crimes committed by its own top military officials is as consistent as the sun rising. The real question isn't whether laws were violated, but whether accountability was ever truly on the table, or simply a theatrical
performance for public consumption.