Do you really believe insurance execs are the same as murderous gang members trafficking drugs? I know some people have issues with insurance companies but most people don't. My insurance company has spent hundreds of thousands on me to save my life. Why should we kill their executives? That's completely indefensible. But drug trafficking is a death sentence eligible crime in much of the world. And TdA is a drug running terrorist organization, so well within the parameters for extrajudicial assassination. Epstein island has been sold. Re the Capitol rioters, it might be over the line to kill people for trespassing. But if you offer up the BLM folks for a similar fate, I'm willing to consider. |
There must have been some proof. Otherwise they'd have blown up more than just that one ship. |
What’s proof then? Because their whole story doesn’t make any sense. Why would there be 11 people on a small boat if they are trying fit drugs on it? How was this small boat supposed to make it 1400 miles over open ocean to the US when a boat that small can only hold enough fuel for 250 or so miles? |
I haven't looked into it. But they chose this boat out of thousands. If you give me an alternative hypothesis for why they bombed this boat, I will consider it. The normal leftist line is that racism is the root cause of all government action. This doesn't fit, because basically everyone on boats in that region would be black or brown. Yet only this boat was struck. So racism can't be the answer. And that's the only answer the left ever has. |
NP. There is no confirmed, independently verified evidence that the boat was definitely carrying narcotics. If you believe the official explanation given by the Trump administration, you are not exercising your critical thinking skills. They lie routinely. I will give you a number alternative hypotheses. None of them involve racism. 1. The administration is continuing to try to find ways to appear tough on crime ahead of the elections. 2. The bombing was an attempt to destabilize the Maduro regime and effect regime change. 3. The boat may have been mistaken for a legitimate threat based on bad or incomplete intelligence. 4. The administration is testing legal boundaries as it expands its power. This may be a test to see how much it can get away with in the region. |
Those are all decent hypotheses. And I agree that there is likely more to the story than drugs. I'm legitimately surprised you offered a non-race-based hypothesis, ones that are reasonable and sensible. Well done. |
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If Trump is so concerned about drugs, why was Ross Ulbricht pardoned? Oh yeah, he’s a rich white guy.
Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned him in January. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/technology/ross-ulbricht-silk-road-comeback.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare |
DP Healthcare execs kill more people vs non state sanction drug organizations. Look at Purdue Pharma and OxyContin. Why shouldn’t drug companies and healthcare insurance executives and employees be summarily executed just like those alleged “gang” members on that boat? They are doing the same thing as those people you killed on the boat. The majority of people in this country would cheer if Trump bombed the limousines of healthcare, hedge funds, drug companies CEO’s. Though in this case Trump killed the equivalent of a bunch of fedex drivers. Though there is no proof these guys were even involved in drugs. |
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The Wall Street Journal is skeptical of the reasons given for the attack. While their opinion pieces are biased, their news articles are usually well written and balanced. This is a news article.
The administration provided no proof of the identity of the individuals on the boat, and whether or not the boat was in fact carrying drugs. In fact, they couldn’t agree amongst themselves on where the boat was headed. “Trump administration officials have offered conflicting accounts of the episode. On Tuesday, Rubio said the drugs the vessel was carrying “were probably headed to Trinidad or some other country in the Caribbean” and could “contribute to the instability these countries are facing,” differing from Trump’s statement that the vessel was “heading to the United States.” On Wednesday, Rubio suggested that the shipment was “eventually” headed to the U.S.” https://apple.news/AqSMiUv8MSyqQXNrE_ulYuQ |
There was no proof. And now, every American pleasure boater is subject to being bombed in international waters without question or repurcussion. Thanks Donald. |
And none of them are good reasons for executing humans without due process. |
What are you talking about? They don't kill anyone. The vast majority of claims are approved. You just want to force us into a single payer healthcare system through terrorism. |
Something tells me our catamaran cruises in the USVIs are gonna be just fine. |
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It is a war crime.
Period. Now our lawless president is ordering our service members to carry out illegal orders. And our tax dollars are paying for the weapons and everyone in the chain of command. The VP tweeted that he does not “give a sh*” if the intervention was considered a war crime. When is Congress going to provide oversight? It really does not matter whose murder you all applaud. I refuse to be proud of the US becoming a lawless nation. |