Alex Horton

And Admiral Bradley, acting on his orders and guidance from Megseth that he wanted people in that boat to be killed, ordered a second strike.

And his rationale at the time during that moment was...

They could be picked up by other traffickers and the drugs could be picked up, too.

And the drugs are the ultimate mission.

So they need to do something about that.

So Admiral Bradley authorized that second strike on those survivors.

And from what we heard from someone who watched it, those two men were blown apart in the water.

Yeah, there's a lot of distinction between the two.

And like you said, I'm a land guy.

You know, the maritime domain is less familiar to me.

But here's how I understand it and what law of war experts have laid out.

When you're fighting someone on land in combat, there's a number of places you can go.

You can retreat to another room.

You could patch yourself up in a corner if you're shot.

You have the ability to call other people on the radio to come get you in a vehicle.

There are other circumstances of where you could conceal yourself and maybe rearm and regroup before your enemy has a chance to figure out what has happened to you.

It's a pretty low standard to reattack someone.

Sure.

You know, one moment comes to mind when I was with my platoon in Diyala province in 2007.

So this was the most violent year of the surge.