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ANOTHER MEDIA INVENTION No direct quote. No evidence. No wrongdoing. Just partisan operatives feeding rumors to desperate reporters hunting for another scandal that doesn’t exist. Under his authority as commander in chief, the president can blow up pretty much anybody on Earth whom he deems a national security threat. He does not need permission from Congress, the media, or a panel of self-appointed commentators. The missile strikes on drug-running vessels operated by a designated terrorist group are lawful, routine, and predictable. What made the episode explosive was that it enraged exactly the faction that always reacts this way: the political left. Impeachment is the only real consequence available to the administration’s critics, and after two failed efforts, that prospect does not keep President Trump awake at night. Republican control of the House makes even a symbolic attempt unlikely. The central allegation is that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued an order to “kill everybody” on the vessel. The Post framed it this way: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’” The headline amplified the accusation: “Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all.” A “spoken directive” means no record. The quote is a paraphrase. Nothing indicates that the source actually heard the Hegseth say those words. This is an anonymous, secondhand characterization of an alleged statement — precisely the sort of raw material the Post loves to inflate into scandal. If these anonymous sources truly believed the secretary issued an illegal order, they were obligated to report it through the chain of command. Their silence speaks louder than any paraphrase. The most plausible explanation is that someone misunderstood — or deliberately distorted — an aggressive statement by Hegseth and nothing more. The United States targets terrorists. The implication behind the Post’s story is that survivors remained after the first strike and that either the secretary or JSOC ordered a second engagement to kill them. No evidence supports that claim. No one outside the direct participants knows what the surveillance picture showed or what tactical conditions existed immediately after the first blast. It is time to put a moratorium on the online laws-of-armed-conflict “experts” who materialize whenever a strike hits a target they sympathize with. They insist that the presence of wounded combatants instantly transforms a hostile platform into a protected site and that destroying the vessel itself becomes a war crime. Even the New York Times — no friend of the administration — punctured that claim: According to five U.S. officials … Mr. Hegseth’s directive did not specifically address what should happen if a first missile failed to accomplish all of those things … and his order was not a response to surveillance footage showing that at least two people on the boat survived the first blast. The mobs demanding Hegseth’s scalp will be disappointed. The voters who supported this administration expected firm action against terrorist cartels and open-ocean drug networks. Another hostile vessel was reduced to an oil slick, and most Americans see that as a success. https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/turns-out-that-hegseths-kill-them-all-line-was-another-media-invention https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/hegseth-drug-boat-strike-order-venezuela.html

The difference is that I’ll be disappointed if they fail …

I generally agree with what you say here. They're in the same conference with an 80s 49ers type dynasty team. Shyt happens man I still think they can make some noise here

Don't summon the devil, don't call the priest If you need the strength, the conjuring. Anyone got a bucket of KFC to sacrifice?

How about a linebacker like this

It looks like the other GM’s have been clowning him for a few years now too.

Or the secular.modern meaning that I intended https://english-grammar-lessons.com/cast-pearls-before-swine-meaning/ The idiom "cast pearls before swine", which has Biblical origins, paints an image of giving pearls, considered to be rather valuable, to pigs — which are presented as notoriously dirty animals. "I don't know anything about wine! Offering me that expensive Sauvignon Blanc would only be like casting pearls before swine. A beer will do me just fine." "I don't know why you waste your time trying to teach these YouTube addicts about Tolstoy. You're just casting pearls before swine."

With that atrocious defense Cincy won’t be torching anybody

Get to a Super Bowl and I’ll change my mind. He gets credit for Allen and his OL build. A+ on both accounts. He found, or via multiple trade backs, lucked into Cook, but drafted him and extended him. A+ The defense is built in a way to constantly have injury issues and, what do you know, we always do. The weapons are hilarious. Bust in Coleman. Bust, for different reasons, in Kincaid. Lit money on fire with injury prone Samuel and Palmer. Insane contract for Knox. And while im at it, Shakir is a luxury contract. Hes not a primary slot and is holding us back because he’s paid to be such. He’s a move around chess piece, not some Amon-Ra lite. We need an actual slot WR. And now we have Beane bringing the circus to Buffalo … again … for the second time in the same season.

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Yet his team fails to give him the rock more than 20 times per game. Since October 16 he's had two 100 yards rushing games, the standard of good running games. He doesn't scare me. It's possible he runs all over us but like our chance running over their defense more.

Fans always look for big name former head coaches to be DC’s/OC’s. I don’t hate that idea but sometimes it gets ridiculous

I’m not really sure Ingram is that much better than Dane Jackson so I’m not really sure what that loss is here. They took a chance trying to get Slay he’s not interested in coming and it cost the Bills their 4th outside corner. I’m not really seeing how this is that tragic a situation

If they won out, you would expect it.

Burrow is listed as 6'4" 215... that's still thin.

Chase Brown has been running the ball extremely well of late (since October 16).

If we destroy Cincinnati will you change your mind?

I remember when Rich Stadium was the new stadium.

They were going to kill us by at least 20 if that game continued.

You looking at the right Bengals? Their run game blows. It's all Burrow.

It doesn’t look good. Beane claims a vet who was hoping to finish his career in Philly. Releases a depth piece who is claimed by the best defense in the league and then the vet he claimed won’t report and threatens to retire. He looks like a clown. Which is what he’s turning into lately. Sideshow Beane. Since drafting Allen, which is the only reason he’s still here… Meh draft after meh draft. Awful contracts all over the roster. Arguing with morning show hosts and then going on a victory tour with Pat McAfee. The dude has Josh Allen fighting for his life because of a horrible Knox contract, horrible Samuel contract, horrible Palmer contract, bust of an early 2nd in Keon and yeaaaa I’m gonna say it, a bust of a trade up 1st rounder in Kincaid.. always hurt and with an organization that barely plays him when he’s healthy because he can’t block anyone but WR’s. Oh, but the injuries on defense!!! How could anyone ever foresee that coming?? Undersized DT. Undersized LB. Injury prone DE we had to sign because he keeps missing on draft picks. DE coming off PED’s. Does anyone know what PED’a put you at risk for?… yup, tendon/ligament injuries. It’s not surprising. He’s built a roster made of glass. Most of these injuries aren’t bad luck. Samuel & Palmer have injury histories… 20M tied up in those two hospital frequent flyers. Beane is a joke. And if being wildly mediocre in surrounding our freak show QB with a team he can win a Super Bowl with wasn’t enough.. he’s now making a fool of himself, not once… but twice this year.

like seriously... what the absolute hell?

The Bengals are 29th in the league in rushing. As a team they have 1062 yards rushing, James Cook as alone has 1,228. If going to make statements at least fact check them first.

To be fair I'm still salty about you guys beating UB a decade ago 😭 I will take Brian Hartline as a wide receiver coach!