President Trump orders attack on Venezuelan drug runners at sea

[White 6]

Looks like it just got real.

I gave that some thought when I saw the strike. They either have assets in place or have been watching via satellite, or most likely both..... while they loaded.

Beyond that you can see the bales on the boat.

There's a drug interdiction effort ala cooperation between a bunch of SA countries with Navies and Intel dealing with the issue. Plus we just put a group of warships off the Venezuelan coast to say 'hi there'.

Dude.....vaporized. 11 dead.

Sounds familiar. Heh, heh

 

[White 6]

Maduro has 50,000 on the shores.

Grenada 2.0


It wasn't flagged. It's legal if the president issues a directive.....you know like Obama wacking a US citizen with a drone strike in a foreign land?

Don't think there's anything to split up.

Right, vaporized, blown out to see. Saw that one.

 

[Crepitus]

has he condemned the strike ?

You're joking, right?

 

[yidnar]

You're joking, right?

no .. has he condemned the strike or not ?

Rubio on Wednesday argued that the traditional policy of intercepting drug-carrying vessels had not worked. Instead, the US is “going to wage war on narco-terrorist organizations.”

“The United States has long, for many, many years, established intelligence that allow us to interdict and stop drug boats. We did that. And it doesn’t work,” Rubio said at a press conference in Mexico City.

“What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them,” he said, arguing that interdiction doesn’t work because drug cartels plan to lose 2% of their cargo.

 

[yidnar]

Then why is "Liddle Marco" backing up?

Rubio on Wednesday argued that the traditional policy of intercepting drug-carrying vessels had not worked. Instead, the US is “going to wage war on narco-terrorist organizations.”

“The United States has long, for many, many years, established intelligence that allow us to interdict and stop drug boats. We did that. And it doesn’t work,” Rubio said at a press conference in Mexico City.

“What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them,” he said, arguing that interdiction doesn’t work because drug cartels plan to lose 2% of their cargo.

 

[percysunshine]

 

[Delldude]

Right, vaporized, blown out to see. Saw that one.

I think Trump just put an import duty on toot.

 

[BackAgain]

Biden wasn’t a fascist; Trump is.

Trump isn’t and wasn’t a fascist; Biden was.

There. Fixed it for you, Konnie.

 

[protectionist]

So, you’re fine with fascism, as long as the border is sealed? That’s shortsighted and unAmerican.

Trump has the overwhelming support of the American people. That goes against the definition of fascism.

 

[Foxfyre]

Thanks. I knew there was high likelyhood of it being correct, but, it simply wasn't in the FOXNEWS brief the thread was based on. I did finally see the vid of YouTube. I did not realize that boat could carry 30 tons on the open ocean, but have no small craft ocean experience, personally.

Nor do I other than being a passenger on passenger boats and ferries. I do take all AI generated information with a grain of salt though and wait for information to confirm before completely believing it. AI does tell me you need a boat 100 feet long, 50 feet wide and 20 feet depth to carry 50 tons of cargo. No information is available on the size of boat that we destroyed.

 

[Mac-7]

Probably, since Trump was behind it.

Thats an insane statement

 

[Bootstraps]

I asked if it was a war. I made no declaration. You’re engaged in double talk. You’re the one running from the question. Some MAGA say this is war; some don’t. Which is it?

So your argument is is that you asked a question that was unrelated to the op? Okay. If you want to choose stupidity as an option for your defense, go ahead. What's your opinion? Is there a new war going on or not?

 

[citygator]

Feeble. I understand Kinshasa's beautiful this time of year, though Mogadishu is lovely too. I would have preferred the latter for this thug.

Your feelings mean nothing. Youre just an internet poster.

 

[the watcher]

He also sent a message to BRICS about reserve currency. Sort of like when Iran wanted to have their oil bourse get away from US dollars as the reserve currency. All wars are banker wars. Venezuela pledges to abandon US dollar – Africa Insider

 

[Votto]

Liberals pounce to defend drug cartels after Trump reveals strike on drug-running gang members near Venezuela | Blaze Media

The president said 11 members of Tren de Aragua had died in the strike.

www.theblaze.com

President Donald Trump revealed a military strike against drug-runners in a ship from Venezuela in an offhand comment from the White House, but it led to a curious response from his critics.

The president offered few details on the operation to reporters Tuesday but said that he had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Trump later released a video of the strike on a post on Truth Social and said that 11 people had died. He said they were members of the infamous Tren de Aragua criminal gang.

"Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!" Trump said.

"Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Traffickers must be arrested, not summarily executed, which U.S. forces just illegally did," human rights activist Kenneth Roth responded.

No, drug trafficking is a crime and it is an act of war, since about 300 Americans die of drug overdoses every year.

I could care less if the courts say otherwise.

It's about damned time!!!

 

[berg80]

It just doesn't get more disingenuous than writing a headline like "Liberals pounce to defend drug cartels......."

First, the regime has offered no solid evidence of anything yet.

Second, the headline conflates questioning whether the killings were justified, and or legal, with defending drug cartels. Surely you aren't so stupid you can't see that..........are you?

 

[berg80]

I could care less if the courts say otherwise.

You've encapsulated the rationale behind much of what Dotard is doing. "Enact the policy.........the law be damned." That's autocracy.

 

[22lcidw]

It just doesn't get more disingenuous than writing a headline like "Liberals pounce to defend drug cartels......."

First, the regime has offered no solid evidence of anything yet.

Second, the headline conflates questioning whether the killings were justified, and or legal, with defending drug cartels. Surely you aren't so stupid you can't see that..........are you?

Putting your family members on those boats when giving them the justice deserved them up will give satisfaction.

 

[SeaMajor7]

It just doesn't get more disingenuous than writing a headline like "Liberals pounce to defend drug cartels......."

First, the regime has offered no solid evidence of anything yet.

Second, the headline conflates questioning whether the killings were justified, and or legal, with defending drug cartels. Surely you aren't so stupid you can't see that..........are you?

Pounce Pounce
Let it all out

 

[berg80]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review​

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

As an aside to the mods who moved this post off the politics forum, it didn't work.