Comment on US | Pentagon Admits It Has No Idea Who’s on “Drug Boats” Being Bombed
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 days agoLook, this is murder, plain and simple, and I don’t trust a fucking thing this administration has to say about it, but the only boat I saw a clear video of was almost certainly running drugs.
4 monster engines on a small, roofless boat, nothing about it said “pleasure craft” or “fishing vessel”, filled with square packages, running in the open Caribbean. None of that proves anything, of course, but what else could be going on?
tornavish@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
I understand what you’re saying, but being unable to come up with an idea of what people are doing doesn’t mean they’re doing anything bad. I have strange neighbors, and I have no idea what they are doing in their backyard… But that doesn’t mean they’re doing anything illegal.
Clearly the United States knew the location of the boats. So, tracking it to its destination would allow people to analyze the contents of the boat, and perhaps even identify the people they were trying to meet within the country. Additionally, they could question the people on the boat. That would be significantly more effective.
This administration is just blowing up people in the Caribbean without any justification. This kind of action suggests that I should be able to blow up anyone in international waters for whatever reason I want. If I see a cruise ship… Clearly a bunch of motherfuckers. Blow it up.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Um, I said it was murder. I said nothing could be proven. But I was replying to the post that said no drugs were there. Pretty fucking likely there was.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
Likely doesn’t mean anything. Likely isn’t evidence.