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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It
The Trump administration has argued that the summary killing of 11 people it accused of running drugs was legal under the laws of war.

A Venezuelan boat that the U.S. military destroyed in the Caribbean last week had altered its course and appeared to have turned around before the attack started because the people onboard had apparently spotted a military aircraft stalking it, according to American officials familiar with the matter.

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, added that the military hit the vessel repeatedly before it sank.

The disclosures add new detail to an operation that was a startling departure from traditional drug interdiction efforts, escalating President Trump’s use of the military for matters typically handled by law enforcement. Legal specialists have disputed that it was lawful for the military, on President Trump’s orders, to target and kill drug smuggling suspects as if they were combatants in a war.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-strike.html

So the refugees had turned around and Trump order the US military to murder all the people on the boat. Someone is going to prison. [/quote]

No one's going to prison.

Remember all those judge advocates general Hegseth fired back in February? Because he didn't want them to pose any "roadblocks to orders that are given by a commander in chief."

This is why. They would have been a roadblock to this.[/quote]

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