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- worldnews@lemmit.online
A Democratic lawmaker revealed the shocking detail after a Pentagon briefing for members of Congress.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251030220100/https://newrepublic.com/post/202502/pentagon-id-people-drug-boats
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At least some of them may have drugs. It doesn’t matter though because even with illegal drugs aboard these boats are still not legitimate military targets. These attacks by the US military are inherently criminal.
But if they cannot prove after the fact that drugs were on board…
I’m not following. Whether or not drugs are onboard is irrelevant. Even if they can definitively prove drugs are onboard, it is still a crime for the US military to kill these people. This is categorically an illegitimate use of force. The only possible justification for this is if these boats were armed and posed an imminent threat, which obviously is not applicable.