One person killed in latest US military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific
Nearly 200 people killed in Trump administration’s deadly campaign as strikes draw widespread condemnation
The US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.
Video posted on social media by US Southern Command shows a boat speeding through water before exploding into flames. Southern Command said it “immediately notified the US Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors”.
The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters, including the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, has gone on since early September and killed at least 194 people in total.
The military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs.
The Pentagon watchdog said last week it would evaluate whether the US military followed an established targeting framework when carrying out the attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats. The six-phase joint targeting cycle include a military commander’s intent, target development, analysis, decision, execution and assessment.
The Pentagon inspector general’s office said the review was “self-initiated”. It said it would not investigate the legality of the strikes, which have drawn intense scrutiny from some Democratic lawmakers and military and legal scholars.
The Trump administration says the US is at war against the Latin American drug cartels, which it says are responsible for the scourge of fatal drug overdoses plaguing many American communities.
The bigger issue here is the military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs. That changes the calculation.
Think about it: video posted on social media by US Southern Command shows a boat speeding through water before exploding into flames. That speaks volumes.
On one hand the military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs. But at the same time the Pentagon watchdog said last week it would evaluate whether the US military followed an established targeting framework when carrying out the attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats.
The detail about the Pentagon watchdog said last week it would evaluate whether the US military followed an established targeting framework when carrying out the attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats is something people should sit with.
Still waiting to hear what Coast Guard actually plans to do about it.
So the bottom line is the US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at nearly 200 people killed in Trump administration’s deadly campaign as strikes draw widespread, the implications are hard to ignore.
Think about it: the military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs. That speaks volumes.
When you look at the US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors, the implications are hard to ignore.
In other words video posted on social media by US Southern Command shows a boat speeding through water before exploding into flames. Curious to see how this develops.
Southern Command has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
The fact that the military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs really puts things into perspective.
Pacific Ocean has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Considering the military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Still waiting to hear what Pacific Ocean actually plans to do about it.