In my own experience as a long time federal prosecutor, Regional Coordinator for the President’s Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (prosecuting the cartels and the mob), and later as Special Counsel to the President, this legal analysis is absurd and unprecedented and would not fly in a federal court or The Hague. Self defense requires imminent harm of bodily injury. Thjs memorandum was written by a loyalist suck up after the adults were all fired at DOJ and approved by Bimbo Bondi who would do anything for our POS POTUS including hiding the Epstein files, lying to federal judges, firing people who refuse to lie to federal judges, appointing Halligan and Habba and so much else. It isn’t worth the paper it is printed on.
Tell it like it is! And we need more of ‘you’ to keep telling it - maybe it will finally make a difference! Thank you, Mr Cobb, for speaking out forcefully.
Thank you for your appropriately blunt assessment, Ty Cobb. No one should be tiptoeing around this disaster. I’m sick of people calling lies “untruths” and other nice euphemisms to cover for these POC criminals and their murderous actions.
Agree. Using terms like “Un-alive” is just ridiculous. Dead is dead, murdered is murdered. Claiming these actions are part of a “war” is repugnant. There is no war and there is no justification for these actions.
Excellent reporting and analysis. Will this finally be a step too far, even for Trump and his gang? Will Congress actually DO something this time? Will The Hague? Even a lay person like me knows the military can't just go out and start killing people in international waters, even when those people are reprehensible drug dealers.
By the way, where did the photo of the boat containing people with hands in the air come from? Since what you're doing here is journalism, you should do the journalistic thing and include a caption with the source and a brief description of what it shows. Or was this AI-generated? If so, it's triply important to declare the source. It's fine to use AI, just say what it is.
I've said this elsewhere, but not for Defiance. I find it astounding that Trump and Hegseth are killing people on so called "drug boats" yet Trump just pardoned the president of Honduras who was convicted and sentenced to 45 years for smuggling in some 400 tons of cocaine. How does this even make sense????? It obviously wasn't the decision of a sane man.
For those who refuse to be instructed: Laws serve to curb or "hinder" the "spirit" of those who would act maliciously or selfishly, ensuring that their "stubborn nature" does not lead to widespread harm
All 80 deaths are simply a result of murder on the high seas and I'm ashamed these murders occurred in America's name. The memo, like the torture memo of Bush 2, uses a false predicate to justify illegal acts. The GOP Congress are complicit in these murders since it refuses to demand full hearings on the killings and justification. The six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court are also complicit when they made their unconstitutional decision concerning presidential immunity (there's no such thing as presidential immunity anywhere in the Constitution).
All this leads to the question of how long Trump will continue to support Hegseth: his days as secretary of defense have got to be numbered. I would be shocked (if anything about this administration is yet to shock us) to see Admiral Bradley, a four-star by the way) demoted, court martialed, or forced to retire. But in these times, every day seems worse than the next.
In my own experience as a long time federal prosecutor, Regional Coordinator for the President’s Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (prosecuting the cartels and the mob), and later as Special Counsel to the President, this legal analysis is absurd and unprecedented and would not fly in a federal court or The Hague. Self defense requires imminent harm of bodily injury. Thjs memorandum was written by a loyalist suck up after the adults were all fired at DOJ and approved by Bimbo Bondi who would do anything for our POS POTUS including hiding the Epstein files, lying to federal judges, firing people who refuse to lie to federal judges, appointing Halligan and Habba and so much else. It isn’t worth the paper it is printed on.
You're a patriot, Ty Cobb.
Tell it like it is! And we need more of ‘you’ to keep telling it - maybe it will finally make a difference! Thank you, Mr Cobb, for speaking out forcefully.
Thank you Mr. Cobb more of you are needed to say this loudly everywhere!
Thank you for your appropriately blunt assessment, Ty Cobb. No one should be tiptoeing around this disaster. I’m sick of people calling lies “untruths” and other nice euphemisms to cover for these POC criminals and their murderous actions.
Agree. Using terms like “Un-alive” is just ridiculous. Dead is dead, murdered is murdered. Claiming these actions are part of a “war” is repugnant. There is no war and there is no justification for these actions.
Excellent reporting and analysis. Will this finally be a step too far, even for Trump and his gang? Will Congress actually DO something this time? Will The Hague? Even a lay person like me knows the military can't just go out and start killing people in international waters, even when those people are reprehensible drug dealers.
By the way, where did the photo of the boat containing people with hands in the air come from? Since what you're doing here is journalism, you should do the journalistic thing and include a caption with the source and a brief description of what it shows. Or was this AI-generated? If so, it's triply important to declare the source. It's fine to use AI, just say what it is.
Thanks again for the in-depth info and analysis.
I've said this elsewhere, but not for Defiance. I find it astounding that Trump and Hegseth are killing people on so called "drug boats" yet Trump just pardoned the president of Honduras who was convicted and sentenced to 45 years for smuggling in some 400 tons of cocaine. How does this even make sense????? It obviously wasn't the decision of a sane man.
It was obviously a bought pardon- another way t-rump is making money off the presidency!
For those who refuse to be instructed: Laws serve to curb or "hinder" the "spirit" of those who would act maliciously or selfishly, ensuring that their "stubborn nature" does not lead to widespread harm
Let's get these degenerates impeached in make them lifelong residents of the cross-bar hotel! It's WAY PAST TIME!
Not sure this is the “card” that will topple the house but worth a play.
All 80 deaths are simply a result of murder on the high seas and I'm ashamed these murders occurred in America's name. The memo, like the torture memo of Bush 2, uses a false predicate to justify illegal acts. The GOP Congress are complicit in these murders since it refuses to demand full hearings on the killings and justification. The six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court are also complicit when they made their unconstitutional decision concerning presidential immunity (there's no such thing as presidential immunity anywhere in the Constitution).
West Coasters appreciate the time change.
All this leads to the question of how long Trump will continue to support Hegseth: his days as secretary of defense have got to be numbered. I would be shocked (if anything about this administration is yet to shock us) to see Admiral Bradley, a four-star by the way) demoted, court martialed, or forced to retire. But in these times, every day seems worse than the next.