The U.S. military announced another lethal strike on a boat allegedly smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific, escalating a campaign that has now killed at least 107 people since September. This tragic expansion of military force, conducted without transparent evidence and oversight, dangerously erodes the very liberties and rule of law it claims to defend.
A U.S. military strike killed two survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, with Senator Tom Cotton claiming the video shows nothing remarkable and supports its release. This brutal disregard for human life and international law is a chilling assault on American values and the rule of law.
In the first strike of its kind to yield survivors, U.S. forces have detained individuals from a suspected drug vessel attacked in the Caribbean, bringing the death toll from such operations to at least 28. It is deeply troubling that the administration is using a 'war on terror' legal framework to justify military strikes in our own hemisphere, casting human beings into a legal limbo that flies in the face of due process and our nation's founding principles.
The U.S. military killed at least three people in a Caribbean Sea strike on a suspected drug smuggling vessel, raising the death toll to approximately 65 in this controversial campaign. These extrajudicial killings in international waters, conducted without transparent evidence, represent a dangerous erosion of due process and human rights that should alarm every freedom-loving American.
The US military killed at least three people in a Caribbean Sea strike claimed to target drug smuggling vessels, bringing the campaign total to approximately 65 fatalities. This relentless escalation of deadly force without transparent evidence represents a dangerous erosion of due process and human rights that should alarm every freedom-loving American.