Is This A War Crime? (Hint: Yes.)
Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/leeja to try 14 days and let Aura go to work protecting your private information online! | Today we discuss Pete Hegseth’s alleged order to “kill everyone” on an alleged narcotrafficking boat, leading to a double strike that killed victims actively clinging to burning shrapnel in the middle of the ocean. This IS a war crime. But what does that even mean?
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@LeejaMiller
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
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@brutoe
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Let's not lose sight of the fact that hitting those boats once was a war crime. Hitting them twice was a war crime on top of another war crime.
@edcreed1652
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Thanks!
@WalterDWormack214
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Why does the USA, want Venezuela's OIL? It's not like it'll do the United States, any good.
@WalterDWormack214
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Aaannd SecDef Pete "Major Frank Burns" Hegseth, comes down with a severe case of 'Col. Flagg!'
@awkwardlyanxiouslatte7841
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Catching up in January and I’m so tired
@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Well
@Kyla1112
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
I am not defending the boat strikes in any way; they are clearly illegal and morally abhorrent.
However, if I were a survivor of a sunken ship AND I did not have a life preserver or life boat, I would much rather be instantly blown to smithereens than experience drowning. The strikes should have never occurred to begin with, but they may have accidentally done the right thing by taking out the survivors.
@KilloreTroute
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
I mean, Biden and most of the Democrats funded Israel to kill tens of thousands. Obama assassinated American citizens. Bush used lies to invade Iraq. Why is anyone surprised by this? Stop voting for Democrats and Republicans.
@b4byj3susm4n
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
So… WWIII and the US are the Axis?
@shari9721
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
These are NOT war crimes , there is NO war , these attacks are the OUTRIGHT MURDER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE !
The boat was NOT heading to or going towards the US , the US military was NOT being shot at , they did NOT have a radio !
If there was a larger boat in the area that they claim "might" have been connected and "might" have come to rescue the cocaine or the 2 men then why didnt they blow up the larger boat too ?
Why did it take over an hour of the men clinging to part of a boat struggling for their lives before they took the 2nd shot ?
Why have they not provided 1 shred of proof or evidence of any drugs on any of the boats ?
Why have they not released even 1 name of any of these so called "Narco terrorists" like the have every other time they have targeted and eliminated a terrorist ?
Why did they release 2 survivors from a different strike when they had them in custody instead of charging them and making them stand trial in a court of law in the US ?
The US and the US military and EVERY AMERICAN is guilty for the OUTRIGHT MURDER OF ALMOST 90 INNOCENT PEOPLE SO FAR !
IT IS DISGUSTING , IT IS PATHETIC , IT IS COWARDLY AND IT IS WEAK !!
SMFH
@i_n_c_r_y_p_t_o
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
I meant to thank you for this when I watched it the day it came out; I chimed in with this question (among many others I'm sure) when you asked us what topics we hoped you address. This had everything I was hoping for on this topic in terms of clarification. So thank you. Every single one of these people have just been murdered.
@PETEYBOY954
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
2032, vote me in and Ill be like “ Chat, should we hold trials?” That might sound silly or dumb but it’s basically democracy.
@PETEYBOY954
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
The Mar-A-Lago trials are gonna go hard.
@jefferysaltarella4326
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Killing helpless survivors is like strangling newborn puppies.
This action that was called completely legal by the administration, was cowardly and dishonorable. Their definition of "completely legal" is apparently"I can get away with it."
America's military has strived to meet the highest standards of honor…until THIS man.
Hegseth is ethically and mentally unfit to lead our soldiers.
He was at the pinnacle of his competence posturing for audiences on FOX.
@dinglemckringleberry9429
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Well… we're not talking about Epstien or the shitbox economy are we? It's theater and distraction.
@DM-ly2py
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
It’s undeniable that this is a war crime and the actions of the US is atrocious, BUT calling the human rights violations by the Venezuelan Government on the people of Venezuela ALLEGED is not only ignorant but genuinely disgusting. As a Venezuelan, this is terribly sad.
@dyotoorion1835
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
good vid. cheers.
@mynameisnotcory
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Ideological capture at its finest
@lisanidog8178
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
ALL of the boat strikes were murder. Kinda stupid saying it’s because of drugs. You stop the boat you confiscate drugs and you arrest. You don’t blow up things and people and then make the excuse of drugs. There were none! False assumptions to make everything look legit which it isn’t. We have to remember that all the past strikes were murder. Doesn’t matter who gave the order it was done they’re all guilty. A General retired said on TV it’s not a double tap. It’s a double strike because there was a long time between strikes. He said a double tap is when you shoot someone two rapid times no long intervals in between. He also said fog of war is when there’s a lot of chaos and confusion. Nothing to do with any weather. All these strikes are murder as there is no formal war.
@animalfaff
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
No, it's murder. They are not even slightly, officially at war.
"But those drowning injured people, a thousand miles away had weapons of mass destruction" I hear you say.
I guess Kegsbreath didn't want any pesky witnesses to be able to prove they were simple fisherman huh?
Yeah I'm sure America will get punished for its crimes. Laws (or international laws) mean less than zero, so never mind.
@JQR76
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Quiet, piggy!
@juniperfleur
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Leeja, are you going to cover whats happening here in Minneapolis and Trumps racist rhetoric against our Somali population?
@sticklyboi
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
you have no introspection, no self awareness, no intelligence and nothing worth saying/listening to
you have a following solely of people ideologically aligned with you and thats about it
once you go against the grain even slightly it will all come tumbling down
@spurgeonharper7231
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
The Trump administration is acting just like the bad actors in the world they try so hard to make us so afraid of!😕
@Greendawn-di3dl
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Hey, fat doesnt make you inherently unattractive, however; you are FAT and UNNATRACTIVE, and they aren't mutually exclusive at all.
@CSZZ11
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Thanks for taking this time to make an important video defending drug dealers, fentanyl, and criminals who would rape you in a heartbeat
@whatsitwhosit
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
Leeja..love your work…wonder what you think of this one from Feldman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz6WqE-cOaw
@Suomiland
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
America now looks exactly like my own motherland and it sickenes me. "Land of the free" rich assholes that do whatever they want and get away with it.
@PeteOtton
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 am
How much has US Imperial Jingoism over the last 120 odd years lead to instability in Latin America?
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