"Trump's criminal attacks on boats in the Western Hemisphere is part and parcel of a larger reassertion of imperialism justified by the Monroe Doctrine.

The new imperialism can also be seen in visible interference in elections in Argentina and Honduras, using threatened cuts to aid and loans to coerce voters into electing right-wing governments."

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Lots more at the link.

As I've mentioned a few times here, Trump, Vlad, and Xi have divvied up the world already, and the New Imperialism is the new money machine.

Ha!

Someone actually agreed wif' me today:

"Hegseth says U.S. has "only just begun" sinking alleged drug vessels

"We've only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean because they've been poisoning the American people," Hegseth said from the president's side.

The Defense Department's Law of War Manual uses shooting shipwrecked survivors as an example of an illegal order that service members are obligated to refuse.

The manual also states that those "who have been incapacitated by wounds, sickness, or shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack."

"Hegseth cites fog of war' in defending follow-on strike in scrutinized attack on alleged drug boat"