But the months-long attacks have reportedly done little to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of an operation that law of war experts say amounts to extrajudicial killings and war crimes.
Which is pretty much a war crime. In the case where they didn’t do that, they deported them anywhere but to American soil. Cant have them accidentally speaking in a court or to reporters.
I think if you read it as "campaign meant for drug boats," it isn't editorialized. The actual boats struck are alleged drug boats indeed; the stated desire was to only hit actual "drug boats."
At any rate, even if all the boats struck were carrying drugs in violation of American law, murdering the crew is still not an acceptable form of punishment.
If the desire were in any way to hit only actual drug boats then the boats would receive due process instead of murder. It is definitionally a campaign meant for alleged drug boats.
> even if all the boats struck were carrying drugs in violation of American law, murdering the crew is still not an acceptable form of punishment.
The rationale (don’t karma kill the messenger for not liking my saying so) is that they are a foreign power invading the United States with the illicit intentions of doing catastrophic harm.
But the months-long attacks have reportedly done little to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of an operation that law of war experts say amounts to extrajudicial killings and war crimes.
There weren't a lot of drugs stashed in the fish coming up fresh in the nets:
Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/21/e...
Im shocked that in some cases there have been survivors of these attackes and then their has been another attack where these survivors have died .
Which is pretty much a war crime. In the case where they didn’t do that, they deported them anywhere but to American soil. Cant have them accidentally speaking in a court or to reporters.
Well, as a vegan I do appreciate the Trump administration’s protection of sentient fish.
At the same time, as a vegan, I don’t appreciate their lack of interest in the autonomy and lives of the sentient humans.
If you kept listening to experts, El Salvador would still be a crime ridden hellhole. Being tough on crime shows results and sends a message.
Let's say what happens in a decade or to. All injustices have a weird way of hitting back decades after.
This title editorializes. They are _alleged_ drug boats.
I think if you read it as "campaign meant for drug boats," it isn't editorialized. The actual boats struck are alleged drug boats indeed; the stated desire was to only hit actual "drug boats."
At any rate, even if all the boats struck were carrying drugs in violation of American law, murdering the crew is still not an acceptable form of punishment.
If the desire were in any way to hit only actual drug boats then the boats would receive due process instead of murder. It is definitionally a campaign meant for alleged drug boats.
> even if all the boats struck were carrying drugs in violation of American law, murdering the crew is still not an acceptable form of punishment.
Agreed.
The rationale (don’t karma kill the messenger for not liking my saying so) is that they are a foreign power invading the United States with the illicit intentions of doing catastrophic harm.
The current title of the source: “Despite killing 200 people in attacks on suspected drug boats, US has done little to slow drug trade, experts say”