U.S. destroys Venezuelan vessels | Secret notice of “armed conflict” with some cartels

[lawtig02]

I thought the US seemed a little less crowded recently. Losing 90% of our population and all.

 

[altmin]

NYT

The U.S. military struck a boat coming out of Venezuela for the second time this month, President Trump said today, as his administration continued its deadly campaign on drug cartels that it accused of bringing fentanyl into the United States. The strike occured in international waters and killed three people, Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump wrote.

On Sept. 2, the U.S. carried out a strike against a boat carrying illegal narcotics to the U.S. through international waters, the president said, killing 11.

 

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[lawtig02]

sorry for hurting the cause folks, but this is authoritarian

It's a war crime.

 

[dukeman92]

These MFers are out for blood. One way or another.

 

[uncmba]

We literally have no way of knowing who these people were. So we are supposed to believe Trump with now evidence or proof?

 

[UNCBAdookJD]

We literally have no way of knowing who these people were. So we are supposed to believe Trump with now evidence or proof?

Even if there was evidence they were criminals involved with drugs, that doesn’t carry the death sentence, especially without a trial.

 

[Calheel]

Even if there was evidence they were criminals involved with drugs, that doesn’t carry the death sentence, especially without a trial.

Is it any different than using unmanned drones in the middle east to bomb people from 30,000 feet? I mean, do brown people in Latin America have more standing than brown people in the middle east not to be blown to smithereens?

 

[Carolina Fever]

More proof that Trump is a dumb piece of shit.

 

[Patb78]

We literally have no way of knowing who these people were. So we are supposed to believe Trump with now evidence or proof?

I wouldn’t believe that lying POS if he said the sky was blue.

 

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[sringwal]

Is it any different than using unmanned drones in the middle east to bomb people from 30,000 feet? I mean, do brown people in Latin America have more standing than brown people in the middle east not to be blown to smithereens?

From a moral perspective, no. From a legal perspective, attacks on international waters are extremely problematic.

 

[korgguy1971]

Trump demonstrating some solid mental competence In those clips

 

[Calheel]

From a moral perspective, no. From a legal perspective, attacks on international waters are extremely problematic.

I think the extrajudicial drone killings in foreign countries are at least as problematic as killings in international waters.

 

[sringwal]

I think the extrajudicial drone killings in foreign countries are at least as problematic as killings in international waters.

Law

https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf

Easier to understand explaination:

Overview - Convention & Related Agreements

 

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[nycfan]

This callous quote really struck me from Trump yesterday — how he is bemused about ordinary fishermen being in fear of their lives b/c the Trump military might mistake them for drug dealers and blow them up.

 

[Icky Mettle]

This callous quote really struck me from Trump yesterday — how he is bemused about ordinary fishermen being in fear of their lives b/c the Trump military might mistake them for drug dealers and blow them up.

Huh. Interesting. He never struck as someone who was concerned with seafood sustainability.

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

Anyone seen Don Jr. since big bags of Venezuelan cocaine started floating around the Caribbean?