"Hegseth criticized for cartoon meme on "Norkoterrorism" U.S. Secretary of War released a photograph of Franklin Turtle shooting from bazooka to alleged drug traffickers"

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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik



U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, sparked a wave of criticism after publishing a photograph depicting a popular cartoon character for children attacking people who are most likely drug traffickers.U.S. president Donald Trump's administration was again under scrutiny in connection with the attacks on smuggling ships in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The meme published by Hegseth on X was designed as a book cover, depicting Franklin Turtle standing in a chopper in a military uniform, holding a bazooka and shelling missiles boats with armed men carrying cargo.

The signature under the photograph is: "Franklin attacks drug terrorists".

Hegseth suggested adding this parody of the book to his Christmas want letters.While any commentators voiced support for action against drug cartels, others voiced outrage at Memem Hegseth.Canadian book series publisher Kids Can Press stressed that Franklin's character symbolizes "kindness, empathy and inclusiveness"stating that “he powerfully condemns any degrading, violent or unauthorized usage of Franklin's name or image.

In consequence to criticism, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said:

"We uncertainty Franklin, a turtle, would want to be treated like a associate of the drug cartels... or praise the goodness and empathy of drug terrorists."Hegseth's entry besides criticized respective parliamentarians.

A politician from the home of Representatives Adam Smith suggested that the secretary “does not realize the seriousness and importance of his work.”The scandal came the minute Hegseth was charged with war crimes after ‘Washington Post” reported last week that he gave an oral order to the American forces in early September ‘killing all’ aboard a suspected drug smuggling ship in the Caribbean.Hegseth denied these allegations and called the reports "Washington Post"‘fabricated, inflammatory and offensiveIt’s okay. ”

He stressed that all traders who were pursued by the United States were associated with a designated terrorist organization.Trump's administration justified attacks on suspicious vessels carrying drugs as self-defense, claiming that illegal substances carried aboard ships were to be delivered to the US.


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source:https://www.rt.com/news/628861-us-hegseth-cartoon-mememe/

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