U.S. destroys Venezuelan vessels | Double Tap strike scrutiny

[farce©]

You don't think it's even plausible that foreign Cartel drug runners could be considered enemy combatants in light of their goal to flood the USA with illegal drugs which are killing hundreds of thousands of our youth?

Your premise is flawed. Think about what you just wrote and get back to us.

 

[altmin]

Boat Strike Video Shown to Lawmakers

Two survivors of the attack were said to struggle to cling to the boat before a second strike. After the briefing with lawmakers, the military disclosed a boat strike on Thursday that killed four people.

www.nytimes.com

Boat strikes: A new detail about the survivors of a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean further complicates the military’s explanations for launching the follow-up attack that killed them. Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.

 

[lawtig02]

Boat Strike Video Shown to Lawmakers

Two survivors of the attack were said to struggle to cling to the boat before a second strike. After the briefing with lawmakers, the military disclosed a boat strike on Thursday that killed four people.

www.nytimes.com

Boat strikes: A new detail about the survivors of a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean further complicates the military’s explanations for launching the follow-up attack that killed them. Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.

Anyone else starting to think the drone operators were trying to zoom in to get a better look and accidentally hit the second missile launch button? That would actually be a less disturbing explanation.

 

[C-Money]

Anyone else starting to think the drone operators were trying to zoom in to get a better look and accidentally hit the second missile launch button? That would actually be a less disturbing explanation.

 

[Ddseddse]

Boat Strike Video Shown to Lawmakers

Two survivors of the attack were said to struggle to cling to the boat before a second strike. After the briefing with lawmakers, the military disclosed a boat strike on Thursday that killed four people.

www.nytimes.com

Boat strikes: A new detail about the survivors of a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean further complicates the military’s explanations for launching the follow-up attack that killed them. Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.

Does anyone know if this event happened before or after they actually did pick up the two survivors and repatriated them? I think that's an important data point here.

 

[uncjhodges]

Does anyone know if this event happened before or after they actually did pick up the two survivors and repatriated them? I think that's an important data point here.

before

 

[Ddseddse]

before

Makes, sense. Then the later it was an "Oops, was that bad???" moment. Picking up the other two is consciousness of guilt. I would also have questions about if at any point they started to use more lethal weaponry or larger initial salvos to avoid the survivor problem altogether.

 

[dcphx]

The Perils of Lethality • Stimson Center

A focus on lethality in war distracts from the strategic objectives that war is supposed to serve.

www.stimson.org

I used to think Trump had some imbeciles around him the first time, but this time, it's evil people.

To be fair, some are still imbeciles.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

You don't think it's even plausible that foreign Cartel drug runners could be considered enemy combatants in light of their goal to flood the USA with illegal drugs which are killing hundreds of thousands of our youth?

How many drug fatalities do you think there are annually in the US for persons under 18?

 

[roostra]

How many drug fatalities do you think there are annually in the US for persons under 18?

And how many alcohol fatalities do you (Ramrouser) think there are annually in the US for persons under 18?

 

[1moretimeagain]

 

[Zoo_View]

I remember 3-5 years ago reading that Tom Cotton is a potential Republican presidential nominee because he was charismatic and appealed to the Right.

Guess it’s because the Right loves him.

 

[ChileG]

Made this point earlier. Why is killing many Venezuelan drug runners okay but unthinkable if they were American?
Nobody answers this question because there is no good answer they could give.