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muriel_volestrangler

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33. Article doesn't say they were Venezuelan, and it was in the Pacific, so unlikely to be

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 04:18 PM

4 hrs ago

The boat hadn't set off from Venezuela, anyway.

Remember it's not just Venezuela Trump is targeting - he's threatening the Colombian president too:

Trump extended his warning to Venezuela’s neighbors, saying Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a leftist who has drawn Trump’s ire after he loudly opposed the boat strikes, was “no friend of the United States.”

“He’s very bad, very bad guy, and he’s got to watch his a--,” Trump said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/us-military-strike-alleged-drug-boat-venezuela-colombia-rcna250614

I mean, in context, that seems a threat of violence against a head of state, to me.

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Trump murders more Venezuelans. "U.S. military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat" [View all] Botany 11 hrs ago OP

It will not stop.............. Lovie777 11 hrs ago #1

We are producing future Venezuelan Terrorists and very likely 10s of thousands of deaths if Botany 11 hrs ago #5

Note to the Orange Menace: Attilatheblond 11 hrs ago #2

Trump is a murderer. When does our Congress and judiciary deal with him? travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #3

And the effin planet shrugs its shoulders malaise 11 hrs ago #4

If that's not a crime I don't know what it is. Dave Bowman 11 hrs ago #6

Thirty illegal murderous strikes on alleged "narco terrorists," yet not one shred of evidence? Strange. sop 11 hrs ago #7

Even IF those boats were carrying drugs there is no way they should end up close to the U.S.. Botany 10 hrs ago #8

They carry Greg_In_SF 9 hrs ago #9

Even if they had totally packed those boats with extra fuel they might be able to get 100 miles or so .. Botany 9 hrs ago #11

The drugs Greg_In_SF 8 hrs ago #12

Is that an image of a boat blown up off the coast of Venezuela? sop 8 hrs ago #14

This one is Greg_In_SF 8 hrs ago #15

The guys on that boat are obviously up to no good, they're clearly not fishermen. sop 7 hrs ago #17

See my reply #23 below. n/t Justice matters. 7 hrs ago #24

Do you like fishing? Botany 7 hrs ago #18

I do like fishing Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #27

No doubt. And a certain kind of fishing. Where the boat moves through the water and drags bait behind it.. Botany 6 hrs ago #29

LOL Greg_In_SF 4 hrs ago #32

Drug traficking does not lead to a death-penalty sentence. Justice matters. 7 hrs ago #23

It is against international law to kill them without solid evidence Iwasthere 6 hrs ago #30

The US is using million dollar missiles to sink small wooden boats w/ Marijuana on them. n/t Jacson6 9 hrs ago #10

They haven't even shown these boats were carrying marijuana. sop 8 hrs ago #13

I doubt anyone is going to all the trouble and expense of smuggling marijuana to the U.S. on boats from Venezuela rollin74 7 hrs ago #16

Marijuana is sold legally in @ least 40 out 50 states and in almost in every state where it is illegal some ... Botany 7 hrs ago #20

This is true. It's legal here in Nevada as well with dispensaries all over the place where I live rollin74 7 hrs ago #21

Although the Marijuana sold in pot shops tends to be too harsh for me. Botany 7 hrs ago #22

I haven't heard anyone Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #26

When fascism is toppled via civil war, class war or revolution mlitary and anyone else involved in crimes against yaesu 7 hrs ago #19

Yeah, but in the US of A, they "look forward" now. Justice matters. 7 hrs ago #25

He's just giving the orders...the US military is committing murder. GCG 6 hrs ago #28

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #31

Article doesn't say they were Venezuelan, and it was in the Pacific, so unlikely to be muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #33

Killing your neighbors or trying to impose your will on them with unreasonable demands is never a good idea Botany 16 min ago #34