Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2)

[GoldenBoy89]

“But I think what really ticked me off and got me going,” Paul continued, referring to Vance, “was for someone to glorify the idea of killing people without any due process and saying he just didn’t give a ____ what anybody who was going criticize him was going to say. That to me was a disdain for human life and a disdain for processes.”

Yeah that coming from a so called “pro life” catholic. DT isn’t the only one who should be thinking about the fate of his eternal soul.

 

[Desk trauma]

He does have limited immunity. That doesn't absolve him or the US, from retribution. How will the world respond to these murders?

They won’t.

 

[Yarddog]

They won’t.

They are already reacting to it

 

[RocksInMyHead]

bro the boat sank. its all gone.

Correct. But do you know how much the boat was carrying? Do you know that it was carrying any narcotics at all?

No. You don't. And you probably never will.

 

[Desk trauma]

They are already reacting to it

With all the impact of a sternly worded letter to the editor. There’s no “retribution” coming.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Correct. But do you know how much the boat was carrying? Do you know that it was carrying any narcotics at all?

No. You don't. And you probably never will.

Well it was clearly carrying a lot of illegal narcotics for it to sink so quickly.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Well it was clearly carrying a lot of illegal narcotics for it to sink so quickly.

You're right - how could I have missed that!

 

[DaisyDay]

The narco cartels are responsible for the deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of Americans. But you want to give them a trial???????

Execute the Sackler family! They are responsible for the tremendous rise of opioid addiction in the US. Then, after thousands of Americans became addicted, the government cut them off cold turkey upon which way too many turned to street drugs.

 

[DaisyDay]

...They can begin then by resisting the cartels. That will make them less like Central and Southern American government styles.

The best way to resist the cartels would be to stop buying illegal drugs from them and stop selling them guns and ammunition. It's not as though the cartels are putting guns to the heads of Americans forcing them to take the illegal drugs, but Americans seek out the dealers, give them money and voluntarily consume the drugs.

 

[Nithavela]

The narco cartels are responsible for the deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of Americans. But you want to give them a trial???????

Even the top Nazis got a trial, with a good amount of them sentenced to prison or even aqcuitted. If it were up to people like some people on the right today, all they would have gotten was a bullet to the head.

 

[DaisyDay]

Its called intel. Intel you aren't privy to because it could compromise the Intel and those providing it.

The appropriate oversight committees also have not received the intel, if it exists, which the Executive Branch is required to consult and inform.

Dont be foolish.

Try to take your own advice here, if you can manage it. And maybe lay off the flaming?

 

[DaisyDay]

All I see here is complaining that a narco cartels boat carrying illegal drugs meant to kill Americans was destroyed.

As far as I can tell, the drug sellers do NOT want to kill the geese laying golden eggs; the idea is to keep the flow of money coming their way. Your scenario makes no sense.

 

[DaisyDay]

He does have limited immunity. That doesn't absolve him or the US, from retribution. How will the world respond to these murders?

The Supreme Court conferred absolute immunity for anything even tangentially related to the office.

 

[Yarddog]

They won’t.

With all the impact of a sternly worded letter to the editor. There’s no “retribution” coming.

We'll have to wait and see. Murder is frowned on by most of the world. Plus, terrorist will probably use this to spread hate against the US and it will put citizens in danger.

 

[Yarddog]

The Supreme Court conferred absolute immunity for anything even tangentially related to the office.

Not really.

Breaking down the Trump immunity decision | Constitution Center

The Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term may best be remembered for a landmark decision about former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution for his past actions as president.

constitutioncenter.org

 

[RDKirk]

Indeed.

But it is the first time in the context of a counter-narcotic operation.

Contexts are fluid.

 

[RDKirk]

We'll have to wait and see. Murder is frowned on by most of the world.

The world isn't saying much about it.

Plus, terrorist will probably use this to spread hate against the US and it will put citizens in danger.

And bombing Iran wouldn't?

Supporting Israel wouldn't?

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Not me but the military can. What measures did they take? I've been trying to find out exactly what they did in an attempt to stop the boat. What are the rules of engagement in this scenario?

The same rules of engagement that killed General Qasem Soleimani.

 

[johansen]

Correct. But do you know how much the boat was carrying? Do you know that it was carrying any narcotics at all?

No. You don't. And you probably never will.

Well, you need to be honest with yourself. You dont know either.

Maybe it was carrying a load of rocks so valuable it has to be carried inside11 men's heads

 

[Yarddog]

The same rules of engagement that killed General Qasem Soleimani.

I doubt it. They knew who they were killing when they assassinated the General. As of yet, we only know that they assumed the boat was full of drug traffickers.