There have been plenty of claims and counterclaims about what exactly happened during the September 2 second strike on a drug boat. On MS NOW's Thursday edition of Ana Cabrera Reports, retired Major General Steven Lepper claimed that even if all the new evidence that says that the boat’s crew re-boarded the vessel and radioed for help is true, it doesn’t matter because they are still considered shipwrecked. To make his analogy, Lepper utilized bad analogies and played the role of an Air Force man wandering outside of his area of expertise to talk about naval matters.
Cabrera introduced Lepper as the former “deputy legal counsel to the joint chiefs chair” and not a signee of “National Security Leaders for Biden.” Nevertheless, she did manage to ask him about how “The New York Times is also reporting this morning one of those survivors reportedly radioed for help. General, do these new details change the legal calculus? Was a second strike justified?”
Lepper claimed it did not, saying, “Having a radio doesn't in and of itself deprive shipwreck persons of their protection from attack. Even if the radio could summon friendly forces, which I understand has been alleged here, they're still shipwrecked unless they engage in a hostile act.”
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