I feel compelled to refute “vindication” nonsense.
Drug-Boat Attack Survivors Waved as U.S. Aircraft Flew By
Please note Drug-Boat Attack Survivors Waved as U.S. Aircraft Flew By, Video Shows
Two survivors of a lethal U.S. strike Sept. 2 in the Caribbean struggled to flip a remnant of their capsized boat over the course of an hour and waved as an aircraft passed overhead, according to lawmakers and other people briefed on the attack.
Watching the morning attack unfold on live video from his command center at Fort Bragg, N.C., Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley ordered a second strike on the alleged drug boat that has become a flashpoint in a debate about whether the response constituted a war crime.
The details of the video were described by the lawmakers and people who attended multiple briefings Thursday with Bradley on Capitol Hill.
Some lawmakers claim that the men appeared helpless with no weapons or communications devices. But Trump administration officials and some Republican lawmakers say the second attack was justified because the survivors might still have sought to deliver their shipment and threatened potential rescuers.
Two lawmakers who viewed the video said the survivors’ wave appeared to be an appeal for help from a U.S. military aircraft. Bradley told the members of Congress that they could have been signaling to other vessels to help them finish their drug run, but noted a surveillance drone detected no other boats in the immediate vicinity.
Let’s stop right there. Anyone who believe these survivors were waving to “narco-terrorist” rescuers is brain dead.
No one was going to attempt to rescue this group. There were no other boats in the area.
This is an excuse for murder. And for now, it appears the murderers are going to get away with it.
“The only reason the narco-terrorists didn’t flip their boat back over and continue their mission is because our military didn’t give them the chance,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Friday in a social-media post.
There is no such thing as a “narco-terrorist”. It is a made up name with no legal meaning.
These people are “narco-terrorists” because Trump says they are.
People try to defend murder on made up names.
“The only reason the narco-terrorists didn’t flip their boat back over and continue their mission is because our military didn’t give them the chance,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Friday in a social-media post.
Again, you have to be brain dead to actually believe the fairy tale Cotton tells.
The idea this group could “continue the mission” is so idiotic it’s almost shocking someone would use it.
However, there is a reason for this obvious madness. And the reason is simple, obvious madness, is the only excuse anyone has.
An American aircraft fired three precision-guided Griffin missiles at the vessel and killed the two survivors. The close-up video shows the partially clothed young men being blown apart in the water.
Cotton’s Story Obvious Nonsense
That’s it. End of story.
Morons will use any excuse to justify killing survivors clinging to wreckage on grounds they are “terrorists” going to continue the mission, but clinging to debris at least three miles offshore.
Rand Paul, a Voice of Sanity
“America does not have an obligation to replace governments around the world. Avoiding reckless regime change keeps us safer and stronger.”
Getting Bogged Down In Nonsense
America does not have an obligation to replace governments around the world.
Please note this widely circulated narco-terrorist boat “has been floating online since at least 2022, with extra verification through the Wayback Machine, and no posts can be found claiming this image features a fishing boat.”
Trump Threatens Land Invasion
A War Crime or Simply Murder?
Trump Pardons Cocaine Smuggling Drug Lord
Ron Paul on the Setup
Here’s a bit of unrelated economic stupidity I noticed while compiling these clips.
Rand Paul on Escalating Tensions
“Escalating military action in Venezuela without authorization cuts directly against President Trump’s America-First instinct to keep us out of unnecessary foreign entanglements. Everyone recognizes the devastation socialism brings but, it is not the role of the United States to install governments abroad. And if Congress isn’t debating it, the military shouldn’t be doing it.”
Merit-Based Immigration
As an interlude to narco-terrorist nonsense, I interject with some good economic ideas.
Rand Paul on Obamacare
Returning to the theme ….
Are They Armed?
Sen. Rand Paul: “If they’re armed, show us that they’re armed. If they’re not armed, explain to us why we k*ll people who are not armed!”
“There are some people surrounding President Trump, like Marco Rubio, who are secretly pushing for regime change in Venezuela. They seem to forget that war powers belong to Congress, not the president. Any step toward regime change in Venezuela is too serious to bypass Congress.“
I am pleased to see Rand Paul stand up to the totally useless Marco Rubio.
Please note our Secretary of State has been and remains missing in action in discussions between Russia and Ukraine.
Q: Why?
A: Trump wants to be more pro-Russia than Rubio would be.
Another War Push
“Branding individuals as “narco-terrorists” without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy—it’s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war.“
Regarding Narco Terrorists
Labeling people “narco-terrorists” without proof just to justify killing them is not the law. It’s lunacy. This policy risks dragging America into another foreign war.
We are in the midst of illegal actions and war crimes. And we are marching towards an invasion of Venezuela by a president who campaigned against such actions.
WhatAboutIsm
Don’t WhatAboutIsm me with Obama’s drones because I did not support them either.
And don’t WhatAboutIsm me with people dying from drugs. There is no legal right to murder people 2,000 miles away on the insane charge they are “narco-terrorists”.
Insane War on Drugs
Please note the “War on Drugs” has been a failure since 1971. The term was popularized by President Richard Nixon, who declared drug abuse “public enemy number one”.
The war on drugs is proven a policy failure with devastating consequences. And if you think destroying a dozen boats 2,000 miles away will win the war on drugs, you are a brainwashed fool.
We have a demand issue. Unless demand goes away, supply will not stop. Period.
Illegally murdering alleged “narco-terrorists” will be as successful as Nixon’s 1971 war on drugs that has continued for the last 55 years!
The Bottom Line
Yes, these are war crime.
Yes, it’s lunacy.
Purposeful lunacy? As justification to invade Venezuela? By the person who pledged to end unwarranted US military interventions?
One Final Point
Some people don’t like these posts. OK don’t read them. I am not doing them for traffic, these posts have cost me traffic.
I understand why others refuse to comment on such issues. They are polarizing. They upset people on one side or the other. The result is inevitable messages “I stopped reading you”.
It would be far easier to build traffic by always being for or against Trump. I refuse to play that game, primarily because with few exceptions, I don’t like any of them.
I speak up with for economic common sense from a Libertarian viewpoint. That’s my brand, like it or not.
One person commented “I am diminishing my brand”. Well my brand is to take a stand for economic and political common sense, even if it costs me.
