Comment on US | Pentagon Admits It Has No Idea Who’s on “Drug Boats” Being Bombed
ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 days agoAt least some of them may have drugs. It doesn’t matter though because even with illegal drugs aboard these boats are still not legitimate military targets. These attacks by the US military are inherently criminal.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
But if they cannot prove after the fact that drugs were on board…
ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m not following. Whether or not drugs are onboard is irrelevant. Even if they can definitively prove drugs are onboard, it is still a crime for the US military to kill these people. This is categorically an illegitimate use of force. The only possible justification for this is if these boats were armed and posed an imminent threat, which obviously is not applicable.
stink@lemmygrad.ml 2 days ago
This thread is a perfect example of the propaganda / tricknology fascists always use.
The US military committed mass extrajudicial killings in international waters.
They framed them as drug mules, providing no information as to how they know they have drugs.
It. Does. Not. Matter. If they are even shipping drugs to the US. They are still committing crimes by killing them. If you’re caught with an ounce of weed in your car, does the police have the right to kill you? Even serial killers still go to trial for their crimes. Just because the fascists are trying to provide justification for their extrajudicial murders doesn’t mean it is justified.
Genuinely don’t understand how people can function as adults just by slurping up propaganda that’s in front of them.