Heat on Hegseth for boat strikes: Letters to the Editor Dec. 4, 2025

I find the Democrats are off-target in criticizing President Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s strategy of eliminating alleged drug boats from Venezuela (“Hegseth didn’t call survivor hit: report,” Dec.3).Trump should host memorials for the millions that have been lost to drugs, starting in the sanctuary cities.

Grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters and friends would fill arenas and stadiums, giving voice to those who no longer can.Donathan SalkalnChelseaPresident Barack Obama took out innocent women and children at an Afghanistan wedding in 2008; President Joe Biden bombed a family there in August 2021 with 10 innocents losing their lives.There were crickets from the media.Yet, when a second air strike is necessary to finish the job on an alleged drug-filled boat operated by terrorists with no regard for American lives, suddenly there’s hysteria and talk of war crimes.Do Trump’s critics, who are blinded by hatred, think the intent of the first strike was simply a stern warning? How the hypocritical and conscience-free left sleeps at night remains a mystery.Gary KaelinCommackAll of a sudden, the usual suspects of fake news, CNN, MS NOW and “The View,” all have their panties in a bunch over Hegseth’s supposed second strike against a Venezuelan drug boat.Yet they praised Obama over his covert drone strikes, despite his responsibility for 55 civilian deaths in Yemen, 21 of which were children.Thomas De JulioDelray Beach, Fla.

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Never miss a story.The second strike on the alleged drug runner boat seemed like normal warfare to me: The mission is to sink the boat.

If doing that takes out survivors, they’re collateral casualties.John PiccoloEstero, Fla.Here’s a memo to Pete Hegseth: “Fake news” does not make an illegal order right.The Washington ...