US blows up boat said to be carrying drugs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?

JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country


So they think that dinky little open pit boat was making its way from venezuela to the US? Ugh, the people really don't think much of MAGA's brain power.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was NOT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?

JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country


So they think that dinky little open pit boat was making its way from venezuela to the US? Ugh, the people really don't think much of MAGA's brain power.

Even if he's entirely correct, we have a legal system. You can't just execute people you think are bad. The fact that he thinks that is justification in and of itself is scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?

JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country


So they think that dinky little open pit boat was making its way from venezuela to the US? Ugh, the people really don't think much of MAGA's brain power.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was NOT.

Then why did the US blow it up and murder the people on it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

[Anonymous]

Good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?

JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country


So they think that dinky little open pit boat was making its way from venezuela to the US? Ugh, the people really don't think much of MAGA's brain power.

Title 10 authorities.

Do you know what the story on that boat was? Did WAPO or the NY Times tell you? You think you have it all figured out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

No, they didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

Officially, the US regards 8 separate cartels and drug gangs as terrorists. Osama bin Laden didn't get due process. And neither do cartel members.

As long as the intelligence is solid, cartel members are fair game everywhere. These are the people that kill more than 100,000 Americans every single year. I'm not seeing any objection to this operation anywhere - except among the progressives here. Otherwise, there is universal support for hitting cartels.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:CNN has the video. It's an open boat, people are visible, and they just blow it up.
Obama's drone strikes were definitely problematic legally, but on the other hand they were directly related to a shooting war.

Al Qaeda and ISIS had military and political goals. I don't see that as the case with purely criminal drug gangs.

I'm not sure I see much of a difference between Islamic terrorists and Narco terrorists. They both bring death.

And the cartels are as vile and evil as ISIS. The way the cartels torture people is probably even worse than the Islamic extremists. These cartels are serious organizations. And they should be taken seriously.

If the intelligence was good, I think the US Navy did the world a favor taking out these Venezuelan drug traffickers. And I suspect at least 80 percent of Americans would support using our military to hit cartels. I don't think people in Bethesda or Alexandria realize how devastating drugs have been to other communities - both urban and small town America. We are losing more than 100,000 people a year because of people like these Venezuelans. Killing eleven of them probably saved the lives of hundreds of Americans who didn't OD on their crap.

There is no one doing drug intelligence in the US government. All those people and resources are dedicated to rounding up day laborers and demanding proof of citizenship in DC. This was a hit. Most likely a cartel was not making payments to Trump and his republican underlings. This had not to do with stopping drugs or “saving” people in the US.

The US military is not about keeping US citizens safe or protecting freedoms.

You have it mistaken, all the intelligence assets are hard at work making stuff up about the conflict in Ukraine.

You painting the Russians as the good guys?

I mean, Russia doesn't just blow up "drug smugglers" in international water whenever they need a distraction.

And its also important to note just how comically bad US intelligence is whenever the opportunity arises. They've been so busy entrapping incels and fluffing Zelensky, that no one should believe them enough to sink a ship like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

No, they didn't.

Uh, yes they did. At this point, venzeula could bring trump on charges of murder in the international court.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

Officially, the US regards 8 separate cartels and drug gangs as terrorists. Osama bin Laden didn't get due process. And neither do cartel members.

As long as the intelligence is solid, cartel members are fair game everywhere. These are the people that kill more than 100,000 Americans every single year. I'm not seeing any objection to this operation anywhere - except among the progressives here. Otherwise, there is universal support for hitting cartels.

"as long as" is doing a lot of work here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

Officially, the US regards 8 separate cartels and drug gangs as terrorists. Osama bin Laden didn't get due process. And neither do cartel members.

As long as the intelligence is solid, cartel members are fair game everywhere. These are the people that kill more than 100,000 Americans every single year. I'm not seeing any objection to this operation anywhere - except among the progressives here. Otherwise, there is universal support for hitting cartels.

“As long as the intelligence is solid” is right. Who trusts the current US intelligence agencies under Trump? Only MAGA do.

Also, if cartels are fair game, why doesn’t the US military invade Mexico or fire missiles at cartel strongholds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

LOL

Democrats would like them tried in front of a Rhode Island District Court judge where they can be found not guilty over a trial several years later, countersue and be given a 7 figure monetary settlement.

Yeah, F that noise. Kill them on the sea, do it publicly, and broadcast it for the world to see so others will think twice.

[Anonymous]

For someone who wants a Nobel Peace Prize and to get into Heaven so badly, this was the wrong move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based.

One thing east asia gets right is how to tackle drug issues

Oh yeah—extra-judicial executions??

Have you ever heard of due process?

WTH is wrong with you people?

International waters.

International Law, should then be in effect, which Trump and the US Navy broke.

46 U.S. Code Subtitle VII Chapter 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

--declares US has jurisdiction over non-flagged vessels in international waters and possessing drugs (or manufacturing, etc) on such vessels is prohibited
__AND states:
(b)Venue.—A person violating section 70503 or 70508—
(1)shall be tried in the district in which such offense was committed; or
(2)if the offense was begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, may be tried in any district.

Nothing about summary executions

LOL

Democrats would like them tried in front of a Rhode Island District Court judge where they can be found not guilty over a trial several years later, countersue and be given a 7 figure monetary settlement.

Yeah, F that noise. Kill them on the sea, do it publicly, and broadcast it for the world to see so others will think twice.

Which is illegal.