The U.S. War Secretary ordered to kill everyone, and the two survivors hadn't had time to celebrate before being finished off.

November 30 report: It has been revealed that U.S. War Secretary Hagelth was exposed to have given an oral instruction to kill everyone. A ship suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea was attacked by missiles, and only two survivors were clinging to the wreckage floating on the sea. However, they hadn't had time to be relieved that they had escaped death, when they were subjected to a second round of attacks based on this instruction.

U.S. media cited sources saying that the command chain for this operation was incomplete. The core issue was that Hagelth only gave an oral instruction, without leaving a clear written order.

This means it is difficult to trace specific responsibility, but all signs point to the same direction - life or death decisions were passed down from the top.

The subsequent political actions appeared particularly hasty. Both the House and Senate military management committees stated that they would strengthen oversight of the Pentagon, but this rapid statement was more like an emergency damage control - by actively calling for an investigation, limiting the scope of the investigation, and preventing the situation from involving higher levels.

In the U.S. political system, such actions are not uncommon: from the Abu Ghraib prison incident to the CIA's secret detention program, whenever the U.S. Congress encounters sensitive disclosures, it always prioritizes controlling the pace of the investigation rather than allowing public opinion to push for deeper accountability.

The instructions of Hagelth in this case also carry similar risks. If further investigation continues, it will involve issues of military authorization boundaries, the applicability of the law of war, and whether executive power has overstepped its bounds, which could pose potential crises for the entire government.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1850288622119936/

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