ALABAMA (WHNT) — Fallout over U.S. airstrikes on a boat off the coast of Venezuela continues, and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville stands behind the Trump Administration’s orders.
“Folks, we are at war, and we have to understand that,” Tuberville said. “If they’re going to continue to bring these boats filled with drugs into our country, it is people attacking this country. And President Trump has every right to strike and take these people out.”
The air strikes are part of the Administration’s ongoing operation against drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean.
According to a report from the Washington Post, the first September 2 strike on the boat left two survivors. That same report said Admiral Frank Bradley ordered the second strike in compliance with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s verbal order to leave no survivors.
The Associated Press reports that lawmakers have opened investigations following this report.
Tuberville defends the actions of the Trump Administration, saying the country is in a war with drugs. He nodded to the amount of drug-related deaths seen in the United States.
“We’ve lost more people with drug problems over the years than we have with all the wars we’ve fought,” Tuberville said. “President Trump promised to work to solve the drug crisis. You know, the first step was closing the border. Now he’s trying to cut off the drugs at the source.”
On social media, some Democrats and Republicans in Washington are questioning whether the second strike can be considered a war crime.
Admiral Bradley is set to give a classified briefing to both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Thursday.
