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Pentagon Faces Backlash Over Controversial Caribbean Strike

12/3/2025

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Special Operations Command denied that Adm. Frank Bradley ordered a "double-tap" during a follow-up strike on survivors of the September 2 boat incident in the Caribbean.
Col. Allie Weiskopf said Bradley does not view his actions as a double tap.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged the second strike but distanced himself from survivors' deaths, citing the "fog of war."
Experts criticized the Pentagon's focus on semantics, arguing the strikes amounted to summary executions.

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Special Operations Command denied that Adm. Frank Bradley ordered a "double-tap" during a follow-up strike on survivors of the September 2 boat incident in the Caribbean.
Col. Allie Weiskopf said Bradley does not view his actions as a double tap.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged the second strike but distanced himself from survivors' deaths, citing the "fog of war."
Experts criticized the Pentagon's focus on semantics, arguing the strikes amounted to summary executions.