The revival of the Trump administration's boat strike campaign targeting alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean has prompted a fresh round of scrutiny from critics.
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Pentagon touts 67th drug boat strike with boarding video, one year into a war Congress still hasn't authorized.
“This is a killing campaign that's been running on autopilot for a year, 227 dead, and Congress hasn't taken the one vote its own sixty-day law demands. They'll tell you it's about drug boats, but the same outfit that can't find money for your kid's lunch account put out a highlight video of blowing one up. The con is simple: skip the vote, skip the name on the order, and the tab still gets paid — just not by them.”
“These are narco-terrorists running floating fuel depots for cartels — the President has Article Two authority to act, this isn't a debate, it's national security. Sure, the War Powers Resolution technically requires a vote inside sixty days, but that clock's been "disputed" since Nixon, every White House reads it their own way — did I just cite Nixon as precedent, that doesn't sound like me. Look, the boarding video speaks for itself: professional, clean, sixty-seven for sixty-seven, no American casualties, and if Congress wanted a say they had a year to schedule one.”
The receipts
The US military continued President Donald Trump's deadly boat bombing campaign against alleged drug traffickers on Monday with its second strike in as many days, bringing the death toll since Sunday to six, with at least 227 people killed…
Wednesday marked one year since President Donald Trump began bombing boats allegedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean—a grim anniversary that sparked a fresh wave of condemnation from rights advocates across the United States and beyond. "For a year now, the Trump administration has engaged in a terrifying, lawless…
Brian Finucane, senior adviser for the U.S. program at the International Crisis Group, joins "The Daily Report" to analyze the Trump administration's deadly campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats.
Video captures USS San Antonio Marines boarding and sinking a Los Choneros narco-terrorist floating refueling station in the Eastern Pacific.
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In anticipation of Wednesday, which will mark one year since the Trump administration launched its recently revived bombing campaign against boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, Amnesty International USA on Monday renewed its call for congressional action. "For one year, the US military has carried…
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