Sen. Kelly on Venezuelan boat strikes report

Sources tell CNN after the missile struck the boat, there were survivors, and that a second strike was launched to kill anyone who was left. Secretary Pete Hexeth is defending the move, saying it is lawful under both US and international law. Do you believe if there was a second strike

to eliminate any survivors, that that constitutes a war crime?

It seems to.

You mentioned that you are a captain in the Navy. If you received that order, would you have carried it out?

No.

No, and I'm a guy who, I have sunk two ships. You know, I've sunk an Osa-2 missile patrol boat in Kuwait Harbor, a Polnoknyi troop carrier in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. I never in that situation questioned whether those strikes were legal. We were given an order to do this.

It was a time of war. These were Iraqi ships with Iraqi crew members who posed a threat to the United States military, in this case, who they invaded Kuwait, were trying to kick them out of Kuwait. This was approved by Congress, all of that, right? So, but if I was ever given an order for a second, I've had questions about the operation in general.

And I've been saying this for weeks, putting service members, kind of like, are you stepping over a line here? Is this legal? They have tied themselves in knots trying to explain to us on the Armed Service Committee committee how this is legal, not sharing all of the information either,

which is really troubling. But going after survivors in the water, But going after survivors in the water, that is clearly not lawful.