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Unjustifiably murdering everybody on the boat with one shot is just fine, but having to use two is going too far for these senators or what??? America is clearly never going to recover it's reputation ^(citation needed)^ or influence after this administration. Perhaps it's best for countries that were dependant on the U.S. for certain purposes to cut ties with such a deranged country and band together to soften the blow. You don't need the liability.
While you DO have a valid point, repeating the attack shows the intentionality much more clearly.
Accidentally shooting at a civilian target once is (divorced from the context) somewhat plausible, but doing it again shows that you likely did it on purpose, which is MUCH worse from a legal standpoint. Its basically the difference between premeditated murder and involuntary manslaughter/whatever it's called when the government does it.
DEFINITELY. Some are already doing that, but it's been WAY overdue for decades. Most of the world being dependent and/or cowed by the US is THE main reason why it's been getting away with committing war crimes and other human rights violations for generations.
I’ll preface my comment by saying I don’t believe shit the administration is saying.
With that said, the stated purpose of the attack is to stop a drug smuggling boat. Now, if you believe what they say, the first attack did exactly this. Any further attack is just for murder and coverups.
They’re allowed to destroy a drug smuggling boat. The are not allowed to murder and cover up.
To me, the only reason you murder the survivors is to ensure their true purpose (fisherman) doesn’t get exposed.
America has been doing awful shit for much longer than Trump unfortunately.
It is illegal to drone strike anyone who is only suspected of a crime. Especially in international or Venezuelan waters. Drug smuggling is not a crime that carries the death sentence in the US either.
Yeah, 100% agree. Honestly, I’m glad that there’s movement at all on this.