2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

[Good2Golf]

Normal drug traffickers? I consider the loser on the corner pushing dime bags as a normal drug trafficker. Hauling a ton of drugs in a five engined off shore speed boat, not so much.

…or worse yet, 400 tons of drugs…

Oh, wait…

Examining Trump's Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Trafficking Drugs to U.S. - FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, on Dec. 1, claiming without evidence that his prosecution had been a "setup" by the Biden administration and that Hernández was targeted because he was president of a country where drug cartels operated.

www.factcheck.org

 

[Brad Sallows]

As I mentioned once before, if they had some solid intelligence on these boats, I'm certain they would have released just a tiny bit of it to either the public, or even more in closed hearings, to at least justify their action or even satisfied naysayers. The fact that they are giving the middle finger to everybody that asks is telling.

You could wish. "We can't risk disclosing methods..." is offered by everyone as the excuse for some kind of intelligence fuckery that suits their political aesthetis.

 

[Brad Sallows]

No, it is a real problem that is killing a lot of people and numerous governments have tried various ways to address it. But that isn't to say that Trump is taking advantage of it

Plus ca change. Pirates, slave trade, terrorists, drug trade. All problems to which military force can be applied without the existence of a state of war.