Earlier in the week, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show got onboard with the liberal narrative that a second strike on a drug boat back in September was a war crime, but after Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley visited Capitol Hill on Thursday to defend himself, they noticeably avoided the subject on their shows that night. CBS’s Stephen Colbert, on the other hand, doubled down on The Late Show and called Bradley’s defenses “dumber” than the previous ones.
Colbert quipped, “Back in September, they seemed to have gotten a little loosey goosey with international law when they launched a second strike to kill any survivors of a first strike that they had made… Reportedly, the admiral defended his actions, arguing the two survivors were attempting to continue their drug run because they were seen still aboard the damaged vessel alongside packages of illegal narcotics.”
Continuing with his sarcastic criticisms, Colbert mused, “Yeah, but the boat was blown to bits. How were they going to continue their drug run? Ride to Miami on the backs of dolphin drug mules?”
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. steve malzberg
. steve malzberg
