All Of The Boat Strikes Are Ilegal

Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation." pic.twitter.com/Yy3HzGC00e

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) November 30, 2025

Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:

1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."

2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress https://t.co/zcwmmDdZfo

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) November 30, 2025

But the second strike to make sure there are no survivors runs clearly contrary to settled law:

Interesting example of a clearly illegal order in the Pentagon’s official manual on the law of war pic.twitter.com/0TkkagBowO

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 30, 2025

And the Administration is working very hard to cover that up.

The Republican chairs of both the House and Senate Armed Services committees signed a letter yesterday stating that they requested specific info many weeks ago on these strikes and the WH & Pentagon have refused to provide it. If the story is fake news, then turn everything over. pic.twitter.com/POAV3UoJBS

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 1, 2025

How hard the Congress is going to work to uncover it, is still an open question.