DoD officials do not know precisely who they have killed in multiple military strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean that have claimed the lives of at least 57 people, according to Democratic lawmakers who attended a classified House briefing on the issue Thursday.
"The people in those boats may or may not have been criminals. The people ordering the strikes are." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ ...
-- The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) Oct 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk:
"Airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific violate international human rights law.
Over 60 people have reportedly been killed in a continuing series of attacks carried out by US armed forces against boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific since early September, in circumstances that find no justification in international law.
These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable. The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats, whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them."
Source: www.ohchr.org
... DoD officials do not know precisely who they have killed in multiple military strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean that have claimed the lives of at least 57 people, ...
At What Point Does This Cross a Line Into International Criminality?'
www.politico.com
... An expert on international law weighs in on the legality and global implications of the Trump administration's drug boat killings. ...
US senators want answers on 'anti-drug' strategy as Venezuela tensions rise
www.reuters.com
... Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday the Trump administration had yet to provide details of its operations against drug cartels and their legal basis they had sought.
U.S. strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have killed dozens of people since early September, raising tension between Washington and Caracas.
In a rare bipartisan action on the strikes, Republican Senator Roger Wicker and Democrat Jack Reed said in a statement hey had not received information sought from the administration about its strategy to fight drug cartels.
Wicker, of Mississippi, is the chairman and Reed, of Rhode Island, is the top Democrat on the committee, which oversees the U.S. military. ...
Boys Don't Cry - I Want To Be A Cowboy (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1: Nick Richards]
Riding on the range
I've got my hat on
I've got my boots dusty
I've got my saddle on my horse
He's called (T-T-T-T-T-Trigger)
Of course
[Chorus: Nick Richards]
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
[Verse 2: Heidi Lea & Nick Richards]
Riding on the chuck wagon
Following my man
His name is Ted
Can you believe that?
(Ted, oh, Ted! Fighting off danger)
Camping on the prairie
Plays havoc with my hair
Makes me feel quite dirty
Though we all do sometimes
(Ted gets so dirty)
[Chorus: Nick Richards]
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: Nick Richards]
Looking like a hero
Six-gun at my side
Chewing my tobacco
(Whip crack, away, whip crack, away, whip)
Out on the horizon
I see a puff of smoke
Indians on the warpath
(White man speaking with forked tongue, isn't it?)
Or not
[Chorus: Nick Richards]
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
...
And you're okay with the government executing people, with no charges filed, no trial.
Who do you hope they kill next?
#14 | POSTED BY SNOOFY
This is the typical over generaliztion that indicates Snoofy is pretty much an idiot.
The smarter you are the more distinctions one can articulate, all snoofy does is generalize, hoping to "make a point", "gotcha".
Oh, good, you have proof of that... let's see it.
#11 | POSTED BY CORKY
You don't need it, it falls under foreign policy, which the President is in charge of, with the exception of treaties, not the constitution and due process citizens recieve. Obama even extended this to citizens in certain situations..
But this falls under Piracy and Smuggling. Good article.
Since the mid-twentieth century, U.S. Supreme Court case law and government practice have coalesced around the view that U.S. citizens carry their constitutional rights with them globally.7 But with regard to noncitizens, the law and practice are very different. The Supreme Court did not start opining on this issue until the latter part of the nineteenth century, but once it did, the Court repeatedly stated that noncitizens abroad were outside the protection of the Constitution.8
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@#27 ... Do the cartels just call it the cost of doing business ...
Venezuelan fishermen in fear after US strikes on boats in the Caribbean (October 16, 2025)
www.bbc.com
... Wilder Fernndez has caught four good-sized fish in the murky waters of a small bay north of Lake Maracaibo.
The contents of his net will serve as dinner for his small team before they set out to go fishing again in the evening.
But this daily task is a job he has recently become scared of doing.
After 13 years as a fisherman, Mr Fernndez confesses that he now fears his job could turn lethal.
He is afraid he could die in these waters not at the hands of a night-time attacker -- a threat fishermen like him encountered in the past -- but rather, killed in a strike launched by a foreign power.
"It's crazy, man," he says of the deployment of US warships, fighter jets, a submarine and thousands of US troops in waters north of Venezuela's coast. ...
Renaissance - At The Harbor (1973)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Out at daybreak to the sun
Seas are drifting glass
The tides were turning to the storm
Winds were moving fast
Women waiting at the harbour
Silent stand around
Weather storms another day
For men the sea had found
Fishermen were laying nets
The barrels spread the bait
The seagulls warning echoed round
Winds that wouldn't wait
People gathered at the harbour
Waiting for the tide
Eyes half closed against the spray
And tears they cannot hide
Shadows falling at the harbour
Women stand around
Weather storms another way
For men the sea have drowned
Hulls were creaking crashing sails
Rains were slating down
The oilskins flapping, decks awash
Slanting turning round
Thunder roaring at the harbour
Women drawn in fear
Huddle up to wait the time
And pray the sky will clear
Howling winds and the raging waves
Cracked upon the boats
And torn from safety, torn from life
Men with little hope
Ghostly echoes at the harbour
Whispering of death
Women weeping holding hands
Of those they still have left
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@#43 ... These killings are so obviously illegal, yet no one is refusing shows the base cowardice in the military that is wrapped in "honor" and "duty" ...
Now look at Pres Trump's stated intent to deploy and train the military in the US, train the military upon US citizens.
Then look at this thread ...
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