Boat strikes

[Oerets]

We can argue on the legality of the sinking of these boats. Guess some think it is appropriate and legal. I firmly believe it to be a war crime. First when did drug smuggling become a death penalty. Plus where is any proof a small boat over a thousand miles away is any threat to the USA.

There should be no argument zero as to the killing of survivors. The so called double tap. Do we not have a branch already used to intercept these crafts? The Coast Guard...... Seizure and interrogate, prosecute then imprison..

If the shoe were ever to be on the other foot. A US Sailor Soldier Marine Airman were to be captured, surrender or wounded then killed.....

How can there be any argument.
This is not who we are or is it?

[GChief]

Having done plenty of "drug ops" in the Caribbean with CG detachments on our ship, and boardings else where in the world as part of the USN, and what I know about ROE, I would agree with your thoughts about being war crimes.

[Rajoo]

The official line is that we the United States are engaged in a "non international armed conflict". Usual political word salad, but doesn't "non-international" mean domestic? Bush had "enemy combatants", Putin has an ongoing "Special Military Operation" and DJT did not want to be left out. Irony is that our navy has killed 81 alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean with their drugs assumed to be cocaine bound for Western Europe while our dear leader has pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of participating in drug smuggling into the US, a 45 year prison sentence.

I think that by now our dear leader has lost all touch with reality.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez freed from prison after Trump pardons drug trafficking conviction

https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-hon...y?id=128036575

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Oerets

We can argue on the legality of the sinking of these boats.
If the shoe were ever to be on the other foot. A US Sailor Soldier Marine Airman were to be captured, surrender or wounded then killed.....

We would have gone to war faster than you can say "Epstein Files"

In this case I wonder who will get thrown under the bus first?

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

In this case I wonder who will get thrown under the bus first?

His name is Adm. Frank Bradley and he's already under there. Matter of fact, Trump and Hegseth are backing up the bus to take another run at him.

[Oasis]

It's murder, premeditated murder by the Trump administration, and that goes for all these strikes, not just the double tap.
As i understand it congress can only declare war?

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Noogies

His name is Adm. Frank Bradley and he's already under there. Matter of fact, Trump and Hegseth are backing up the bus to take another run at him.

This time I hope "just following orders" sticks. It's clear what was intended of him and where it came from. The Despicable Duo are the ones ordering the boat strikes in the first place. I hope Bradley rats them out big time.
Shit rolls downhill but the stink rises up.

[Oerets]

We will be witness to some fancy dance moves around the truth be a good guess.

[Rajoo]

This goes a lot deeper than Hegseth and Admiral Bradley, this is a war crime with pictorial evidence that cannot be easily scrubbed and has international implications. Of course, any country that has the audacity to call for an investigation will be promptly tariffed but the six Dem Congress members who published a joint video now look national heroes.

I predict that Bradley will retire very soon and Hegseth will be axed shortly thereafter. Even Teflon Con cannot wipe the stain away this time.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Oerets

We will be witness to some fancy dance moves around the truth be a good guess.

The deflection-denial-blame-blame-blame two-step.