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Nine months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.
The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks, resulting in over 200 extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In almost all the strikes, between one and four people lost their lives. In only one strike did the death toll of a single boat reach double digits: the first attack on September 2, 2025.
Since then, experts, lawmakers, and even military officials behind the scenes have been asking a simple but haunting question: Why was that boat packed with 11 people?
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They were innocent boaters/fishermen. Every single one. I don’t care what this dogshit Nazi peon “admits” to.
Seems like a trick to get people to accept that they were engaged in some sort of illegal activity. Doesn’t matter which. Human trafficking, drug trafficking, speeding, not enough life vests. They will try to pin anything on these murder victims.
How many of these were intended to do that on purpose?
Like… Oh my god. All of them, huh? He’s just killing the children he raped and helped traffic.
It’s okay, the boat didn’t have any trafficked little girls for his operation.
Just send out Trump to say he loves killing victims of human trafficking and everything will be fine. People who are captured by this cult will justify anything to make it work in their heads.
Dear world, please do something about US before we eat ourselves alive and murder you. We are a dictatorship. No more democracy or fight left in America. Just disgusting Nazis and “good Nazis” that let this shit happen. We are all Nazis now and we are going to destroy the whole world.
The most I can do is try provide a bed for a trans refugee that was betrayed by the people of their country in Nov 2024.
You mean that blowing up suspected drug boats with no oversight or arrests or trials might have caused some innocent people to die?!?!? Wow I hope the trump administration feels bad and learns from this.
I hope the trump administration feels bad and learns from this
Lol
So, playing devil’s advocate, would you rather be killed instantly because you’re being human trafficked or let pass because it’s the middle of a “warzone” and you can’t be bothered because there are people with bigger weapons than human traffickers. So the people would make it to their destination and sold.
Personally I’d rather die, but that’s me. I have zero love for captain dipshit, but you don’t get it both ways simply because you don’t like him. It’s not as simple to do what you’re talking about. Not that it’s justification, but it’s just not as simple as you’re acting like it is.
The US Navy possesses the ability to board vessels and see for themselves up close who the people on the boats are before they reach their destination.
The devil has enough advocates, log off
Remember that they fucking killed the survivors instead of capturing them (which is illegal btw)
They destroyed the boats and fired again if someone survived. Trafficking victims, probably some fisherman and yes, some people who possibly deserved it.
This can’t be justified.
I have a friend who escaped human trafficking, and whilst there were times that she came close to ending her own life to escape her situation, she is tremendously glad that she didn’t, because otherwise then her life would have been entirely defined by being a victim.
Last year marked the point at which she had been free for longer than she had been treated as property. It’s taken a lot of work for her to heal from the trauma of being trafficked, and certainly she was extremely lucky to be able to escape from that situation, but if we give up on trying to save people like her, then we’re just papering over one tragedy with another.
If I were being trafficked, I don’t know that I would’ve had the strength to endure as she has. However, I am certain that I would not want to be given up on.
The only correct answer is to choose life.
I’d rather be rescued
Yeah. That’s the kinda rah-rah Big Damn Hero shit the U.S was allegedly supposed to be doing with all that defense funding. We’d absolutely be capable of being the heroic force from all the movies.
…Instead of being no better than the random child-killing warlords of the week, just with better murder training and fancier bombs.
False dichotomy
Wow man, you’re one hell of a disgusting being. This isn’t 4chan, why don’t you take your ethics there and stop producing your typed diarrhea here?
Not everyone trafficked in this way is a slave, they smuggle people sometimes who wouldn’t otherwise be able to leave their country. I’d rather not get blown up. And it is pretty simple, they are killing any boaters they want for the purpose of terrorism, they could simply not do that.
And every single individual that had anything at all to do with this should get guillotined. For the smallest bit of involvement.
More painful and/or humiliating deaths for everyone more directly involved.
And not just for this, for everything involving life and death decisions, one single intentionally wrong decision should be death penalty. Bar none, no mercy, first offense.
You cannot just decide to unilaterally kill people because they “might” have drugs. Get the chair warmed up, there’s a line forming.
You cannot just decide to unilaterally kill people because they “might” have drugs.
Duterte’s drug war begs to differ.
And I, that we are dealing with a dictator. He emulates those he’s stated he admires.
The implication being “morally”.
If they didn’t want to get blown up, they shouldn’t have been captured and trafficked. Duh.
Missing /s?
No need to tag obvious sarcasm
With MAGA around one never knows. /s
the farmers plight never reaches the dumpy magat voters. becaause fox and right wing grifters will never talk about it in a way it make sense.
I don’t use those, because if you can’t read social and context clues then you shouldn’t be on the internet.
You heard it here first all you autistic folk. Get the hell outta here.
Dear 1% of the global population,
I sincerely apologize for not considering your capabilities of detecting sarcasm on this forum. I kindheartedly apologize and hope that you don’t downvote me based on my ignorant comments and forgive me for it. I assure you that this apology is neither in jest, nor sarcastic due to the fact that you couldn’t decipher that anyway.
Thank you and have a fantastic day.
Best, Spooge
Apologizing without the intent to change is less than worthless.
It’s almost like that was my intent.
This actually makes way more sense than a war on drugs. He’s getting rid of trafficking victims that could be tied to him and his owners.
They are just getting rid of the competition.
Well this stands a better chance to get the US Administration’s attention.
Not because of any moral outrage, but rather because of destruction of their potential personal property.
With regards to “trafficking”:
https://globalsanctions.com/region/venezuela/
Venezuela At a glance There are no UN sanctions on Venezuela. The EU and UK have imposed sanctions on Venezuela since 2017. The US first imposed sanctions on Venezuela in 2005 in response to what the US said was Venezuela’s absence of cooperation with US anti-drug and counter-terrorism efforts. The US imposes sectoral sanctions related to transactions with the Venezuelan government and targeted sanctions on those involved in actions or policies undermining democratic processes or institutions.
Overview UN Sanctions
There are no UN sanctions on Venezuela.
EU Sanctions
In 2017 the EU adopted sanctions in response to the “deterioration of democracy, the rule of law and human rights” in Venezuela. These are still in place; an arms embargo, travel restrictions and asset freezing measures on those responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and those whose actions, policies or activities otherwise undermine democracy or the rule of law in Venezuela by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074.
UK Sanctions
UK sanctions are in the Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 – an arms embargo, asset freezes, and travel bans.
US Sanctions
The US first imposed Venezuela sanctions in 2005 in response to Venezuela’s absence of cooperation with US anti-drug and counter-terrorism efforts. Since then, the US has made annual determinations that Venezuela has failed to adhere to its commitments under international narcotics and anti-terrorism agreements.
In 2015, the Obama administration issued EO 13692, which targets (for asset blocking and visa restrictions) people and entities involved in human rights abuses and corruption. Government figures including President Nicolás Maduro were sanctioned in 2017. The US issued further EOs in 2018 and 2019, which prohibited access to US financial markets and blocked the property and interests of the Maduro government in the United States and within the control of US persons. The US has issued various Venezuela-related licences and revoked licences enabling oil business in Venezuela in March 2025. Since April 2025, any country that imports Venezuelan oil may be subject to a 25% tariff on its exports to the US.
In December 2025, the US seized two oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela and ordered a blockade of sanctioned vessels travelling to/from Venezuela. In January 2026, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were brought to the US to face narcoterrorism charges. 4 other people, including Mr Maduro’s wide and son, were also charged with similar offences.
