Might be of interest to someone.

[LiberalLoner]

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/09/killing-sea-americas-descent-lawless-power/407949/


Snippet:

The United States has crossed a dangerous line.

Last week, an American military platform destroyed a small vessel in the Caribbean, killing 11 people the Trump administration claims were drug traffickers. It was not an interception. It was not a boarding with Coast Guard legal authority. It was a strike—ordered from Washington, executed in international waters, and justified with little more than “trust us.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox that officials “knew exactly who was in that boat” and “exactly what they were doing.” He offered no evidence.

[malaise]

1. Very Important

Rec for visibility

[LiberalLoner]

3. Thank you. 💙. DefenseOne is read by all military senior leadership and many others in the defense system at large. it

Is to the military, what the Wall Street journal is to the business community.

It is a significant act of bravery, for this to be published now. It will have a significant impact.

[malaise]

8. A serious link

[KS Toronado]

2. Hegseth told Fox that officials "knew exactly who was in that boat"

Got a list of names Pete?

[haele]

10. Not unless it was a set up. Like maybe they were dissidents..

And Maduro's government put a tracker on the boat they were using to head out to international waters and pick up, say, money, supplies, weapons, information...
Since Maduro says it didn't happen, chances are if it did happen, if this wasn't made up AI slop, it was done with his blessing.

[dlk]

4. Hegseth is asserting he can kill anyone, at any time, for any reason

He is above the law and no one is stopping him.

[kbowman]

5. It's insurance

The boat attack was probably insurance in case Scotus ever rejects his deportations. If he can start a war with Venezuela (no matter how short) then he can deport Venezuelan immigrants legally under the Enemy Aliens act. Just another way to deport people. A back up plan, but one where he can say it's under the guise of making the US safer from drugs.

[BaronChocula]

7. Totally on brand for this regime

Bracing for more like this.

[Fil1957]

9. 11 people on a boat of that size, strongly suggests that they were not running drugs, but rather carrying migrants who

were fleeing Venezuela. But since there is no evidence, we don't really know what was going on. We do know that Stephen Miller has expressed a desire to blow up migrants, and it looks like he might have gotten his wish.

[William Seger]

11. I don't see where they could have been hiding any large quantity of drugs, either

11 people and a few kilos of cocaine on that boat? Yeah, it just doesn't make sense. And yup, Miller is the source of most of the "cruelty as a deterrence" strategies, ever since child separation -- and he's probably jerking off watching this video over and over.

[Attilatheblond]

12. To be fair, mayonaise is not very satisfying to a saddist who is not having a good month

Nothing like a multiple murder to put a spring in his step. To say nothing of the momentary rush it probably gave a certain ketchup affectionado who is also having a bad month.

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Starting now, that orange gibbon is going to only visit certain countries, if any.

Otherwise, some of them are going to truss him up and drag him before the World Court.

Which is one court he does NOT own.

[BidenRocks]

14. WAR PIGS!

Play that Black Sabbath!

[aeromanKC]

15. Reminds me of The Maine and The Lusitania

Except now Trump America is the worldwide villain.

[spanone]

16. These arrogant shits answer to no one.

NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON TO HOLD THESE CRIMINALS TO ACCOUNT.