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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump says US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6
The Republican president said Tuesday in a post on social media that six people aboard the vessel were killed in the strike and no U.S. forces were harmed. Its the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean as the Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.
Frustration with the administration has been growing on Capitol Hill among members of both major political parties. Some Republicans are seeking more information from the White House on the legal justification and details of the strikes. Democrats contend the strikes violate U.S. and international law.
Trump said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the strike Tuesday morning and released a video of the strike, as he has in the past.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-us-strikes-another-175204898.html
Dave Bowman
(7,452 posts)lame54
(40,085 posts)In It to Win It
(12,809 posts)He's not very peaceful.
lame54
(40,085 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,572 posts)usonian
(26,589 posts)Asking for a friend. TBH, I'd kind of like to see drug-seeking missiles deployed

Here
C_U_L8R
(49,526 posts)Trump lusts for ultimate control.
But hell never have respect.
bluestarone
(22,465 posts)This fucker is definitely EVIL as they come. The religious right knows how to pick them.
Blues Heron
(9,027 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,388 posts)Asshole
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)moondust
(21,352 posts)Do they have some drone footage? Some intercepts? Something else to support their claims of "drug traffickers". Without evidence they need to be held accountable for murder.
Ferrets are Cool
(23,047 posts)THIS is NO different.
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