Alex Horton

So you have to determine what you're shooting at and whether that was the point of shooting in the first place.

But we need Bradley and we need Hexeth to make that clear, you know, whether that's on the Hill or

It could be.

I mean, we do not know if that original strike had a contingency or planning on what to do in these kinds of operations.

Sometimes it's detailed, but sometimes it's not as detailed as you would like.

But there is a line or some sort of mention of what do you do if this happens?

And one thing that should or could have happened is what do we do if someone survives a strike?

And if they're 10 feet from shore or if they're 100 miles from shore, does it matter what we do?

Do we just let them go back to what they're doing or since they're close to shore?

You know, we didn't say where this was.

You know, we have a decent idea.

We said it was off the coast of Trinidad.

But I'll tell you, I think where the strike likely occurred, it would make getting back to Venezuela probably an impossible task.

There was not a clear option for them just to go home.

So that matters, too, whether they're going to live to fight another day.

But like I said before, a lot of this is besides the fact that the administration is the only one with confidence saying that these guys are part of an armed conflict with the United States and intend on doing the United States homeland harm and therefore lethal military forces authorized.

The way this has always happened is the Coast Guard has interdicted drugs because it's illegal and it shouldn't happen.

And they board the vessels and they take the drugs and then they arrest them for prosecution either in the United States or their home countries or another country.

That's the way it's always been done, that this is a criminal enterprise, but it is a law enforcement matter, not a U.S.

military, as you put it, kinetic strike matter until now.