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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone ✹✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Weaponized government on steroids
Date: 11/29/25 8:18 PM
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Dope1There is no "illegal order". Unless of course you define "illegal" as "doing stuff the democrats don't like". That seems to be the operative definition here, and for the libs on the board to shout about it just shows you who the real proto-fascists are in the United States.

Well, well, well, over the Thanksgiving holiday reporting from the Washington Post revealed that there have been illegal orders from this administration:

A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.

The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack -- the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere -- ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water."

Plainly illegal.

washingtonpost.com - Hegseth kill them all survivors boat strike
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