Pretty sure the answer is neither of these; this is positing two less-likely options and omitting other more-likely ones (he was an incredibly damaged combat vet and possible former child soldier who learned he or loved ones were going to be sold out and deported to certain death) and snapped.

I don't know exactly where you go beyond that in rooting out the special operations cult of lawlessness, but an immediate start would be abolishing SOCOM as its own combatant command and requiring, by law, such operations be conducted only through the regular geographic commands.

We are not. I gave a presentation on all this back when I was studying in Ireland in 2002. I think I was the only American in that class -- I remember it distinctly because of the strong reaction it garnered from my European classmates. 😮

Yup. I mean the 'Invade the Hague Act' is still in force I believe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

Similar energy. 😐

Have they been paid yet though? 🤔

And all fishermen in the AO are assumed to be narco terrorists I'm sure.

I for one would prefer a Secretary of Defense who doesn't engage in murder on the high seas like a pirate of yore. 😐