that the drugs being blown up are meant to go to Europe.

and we had the iron clad proof... since when was drug smuggling a capital crime?

Can someone point to the law that says "if convicted by a jury the judge can impose the death penalty..."

BTW, this isn't about drugs... since Trump has been President he has pardoned TWO convicted massive drug smugglers ( actual cartel like kingpins of the drug world ).

Thanks, I need the reminder.
Rule of law only for us, the great unwashed.

Just saw clips of him on (don't remember whose) late nite talk show. Fkr looks like he's MELTING.

Leave that blow alone, DOOFUS!

He was obviously high and he doesn't give a damn what people think.

Yes the Trumps all look so weird.
Sometimes I wonder if they are actually humanoid.

... the Constitution and it's guaranties, something that SCOTUS has ruled many times applies even to non-Americans caught up in our justice system.

And can provide no proof whatsoever.

I don't think so.

Terrorism is extrajudicial violence. The victims of terrorism are denied due process. Calling for people to be denied due process is a call for extrajudicial violence, ergo it is a call for terrorism.

That leads to regime change. "Drugs" are just the MacGuffin. This is Gulf of Tonkin stuff.

Venezuela sits atop massive oil reserves.

These boat strikes are manufacturing an armed conflict this administration intends to escalate.

The Fascist Grifter has already announced that land strikes will be next and Venezuelan air space is "closed."

as Russian supply comes back.

Venezuelan oil will be taken off the market to keep prices up.

Makes sense so, of course, they are not going to do that.

Blowing boats and humans to pieces does not net any suspects higher up in the smuggling rings. Perhaps that is part of the point, Trump/Hegseth might be protecting the top level drug kingpins.

Or, it just might be an expression of Trump/maga blood-lust. Snuff porn writ large on the high seas?

because the people in those boats are not taking drugs to the US. Boats that size will not hold enough fuel to get them from Venezuela to the US. It's over 1000 miles.

Not to mention that Fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela. It comes from Mexico.

So much is wrong with their claim that the premise is just impossible. My guess is that the boats are fishing boats. There's actually some evidence for that. The family of one of the casualties has initiated a wrongful death suit and state that the dude was fishing, as he often did, for marlin and/or tuna.

Because they are TSF's sycophants.

Nothing is beneath his character. Trump acts like a NY Mafia Godfather.

January 20th, 2025 apparently.

People who are innocent don't die, right?

/sarcasm

Witch trials - the dunking chair to prove someone is a witch or not.
Either way, the accused loses.

It's that simple.

Why a war?

Because the Epstein event horizon is rapidly approaching.
Wag the Dog.


Even if the DOJ (Defenders of Jeffrey) lock up all they have in an ion trap, evidence will come out condemning TSF's complicity in the greatest sex and extortion scandal in history.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220810679

He is beyond desperate. This is his Ethiopia (If he didn't fail history, he sure didn't learn from it)

So, like the movie, what if he molested a troop of brownie scouts? Make a war.

Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20729427

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/

President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”

“We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said.

Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.

how previous regime change efforts in other countries worked out.

in the sick mind of Donvict, IQ4.7, Der orange Fuhrer, DiaperDon, Pedonald, Tariffman

Not sure what to call him anymore but his murdering ways deserves a new nickname "Kill 'em All Man"?
Any suggestions anybody?

Weapons of Mass Destruction ... the famous lie that "justified" our country's invasion of Iraq and capturing Saddam Hussein. Not as much death this time, but the lack of concern from the media is pretty much the same.

We have plenty of military muscle to capture these boats without killing all on board and destroying all evidence.... If evidence of the drugs exists.

I'll bet most of them weren't.

They were killed to desensitize and normalize the idea of our government randomly killing anyone they want at any time.

The long range goal is to do this to anyone in the United States who protests, disagrees with them, or they just don't like.

A crude sarcastic comment that is played out frequently.

Reality is what der furhrer says it is. Dare not question.

I think the reason they don't want survivors is twofold: partly to cover their actions, but mostly to provoke a response.

This is the construction of the classic slippery-slope used by all dictators: find a group to easily marginalize and begin killing them. Once you see that you can get away with that you can move on to other less-marginalized groups.

It is not hard to see or understand--but it is painful to admit to ourselves. There are a lot of Americans that want to see us and our children dead--and our possessions taken and distributed among themselves. This is how they start achieving that goal.

Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926--almost exactly 100 years ago.

100 years is apparently how long it takes to forget....

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And is summary execution the response?

Trump and his gang give a big affirmative on both.

American exceptionalism = America can go anywhere in the world and do anything it likes.

It's state sanctioned terrorism, and Trump approves.

Shame Chinese 'exceptionalism' wanting to take Taiwan back into the fold, and Ukraine 'exceptionalism' about keeping its borders intact, also exist.

Trump covering up the Epstein scandal?

Regime change in Venezuela to gain access to natural reserves?

Trump just hates everyone and wants to just destroy things?

Students of history may like to compare current global conditions with those before WW1 and WW2 broke out, and compare.
Lots of scary parallels there.

Trump has declared himself to be President of Europe so I'm told, maybe he is aiming for President of the World?

Anyhow, the whole 'do not follow illegal orders' has been shown to be an irrelevant non-starter.

I'll bet most of them weren't.

They were killed to desensitize and normalize the idea of our government randomly killing anyone they want at any time without judicial review.

Their long range goal is to be able to do this to anyone in the United States, regardless of citizenship, who protests, disagrees with them, or whom they just don't like.

"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out..."

aren't drug smugglers at ALL. Not until evidence is presented to the contrary... which it hasn't.

He's just murdering more people than he's ALREADY murdered.

quick, somebody hand him another fkn 'peace' prize.

Sorry to say, they are drug boats.....

But! How they handle it, so wrong on many levels.

1. Should of been handled as a law enforcement intervention.
2. Use of deadly force was unwarranted.
3. Killing of survivors is unlawful.


But they do appear to be drug boats....

the narcissism and power trips.