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Swede

(40,062 posts)
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:09 AM Oct 2025

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

When sanity returns to the USA, what will happen to the soldiers who were "just following orders?"
I know they won't be able to leave the US, they will be criminals to the eyes of the world.


10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

Not an ounce recovered.

Not a shred of evidence provided.

Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) 2025-10-24T13:45:45.763Z
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sop

(19,288 posts)
2. "Bodies missing limbs are floating to the shores. Shouldn't the drugs be landing on the shores as well?" - Blsky comment
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:19 AM
Oct 2025

'A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes'

"The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory."

(Sorry, NYT paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/world/americas/trinidad-bodies-us-strike-venezuela.html

Haven't seen any reports of drugs washing up on the beaches.

snowybirdie

(6,748 posts)
6. But other
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:27 AM
Oct 2025

UN countries have put together forces in the past under the UN banner. However, how about some negotiations? This is monstrous!

Swede

(40,062 posts)
8. The ICC in the Hague can hold trials and issue arrest warrants.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:47 AM
Oct 2025

So any signatories of the ICC are supposed to arrest a criminal that enters their countries. Netanyahu can only go to the US, for example, not to Europe.

Mysterian

(6,623 posts)
7. More future charges to be filed against Trump officials
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:27 AM
Oct 2025

They think they will get away with it but they will be held accountable.

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