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    We’re waiting on actual evidence of even one of these boats having anything to do with drugs

    Better yet, I’m waiting for evidence that ALL of these boats had anything to do with drugs and that you didn’t just randomly murder a bunch of innocent citizens for political points.

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    Donald Trump murdering foreign civilians for having the gall to travel within international waters. I suppose he considers that small potatoes compared to insurrection and child rape.

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    I think it’s a very bad moment to go vacationing or fishing in the Caribbean right now with these pirates just randomly sinking random boats

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    I’m gonna go ahead and call this a false flag operation. until I see indisputable evidence of drugs then im gonna call bull shit

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    Just a reminder, Rodrigo Duterte is currently in jail in The Hague for crimes against humanity because he was ordering the extrajudicial murder of suspected drug dealers.

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      Slight difference here; there are laws in the US requiring them to invade the Netherlands and pullout any locked up American from the ICC if that were to happen. Insanity.

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    “suspected drug ship”

    Dude, it either is or it isn’t and you better damn well be sure before you fuckin blow it up…

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    Anyone else find it odd that they continue to just blow up boats without providing evidence of narcotics on board meanwhile the single time they boarded a boat to find narcotics it turned out to be fishermen and was a huge embarrassment?

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      I don’t find it odd. They just blow up fishermen and refugee boats because it destroys the lack of evidence as well

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            No i mean the fuckers out there floating around looking for people to blow up. Trump probably set some insane quota not based in reality. These guys can just make shit up to make him happy.

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              I actually think this is just Hegseth running amok and orange face king doesn’t give a shit because its one more distraction from project 2025.

              Cause soo much problems that is impossible to rally behind one thing. Divide divide divide.

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    When has “suspected” ever meant it’s ok to kill these people? Hell even if they were bringing hundreds of pounds of fentanyl directly to a kindergarten we still wouldn’t give them the death penalty for their crimes so what gives the turnip the right to murder these people in international waters?

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      “I have a suspicion therefore the sentence is death” has been the cornerstone of American law enforcement systems for nearly 250 years.

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        And continue to choose to give him power. Every minute they don’t act is another minute he takes more control.

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          We can’t Rambo ourselves out of this no matter how much we all wish we could. Get the action movie shit out of your head. People are acting and resisting. You aren’t going to see it on mainstream media yet. They’ve got a narrative to push.

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            I never mentioned Rambo fighting. You’re the one that seems to have it in your head.

            I’m suggesting organizing, protesting, striking, blocking roads and shipping, cutting power, throwing a wrench into the machine in any way you can. Shut. It. Down. It’s your only way out. You have all the power. Use it.

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              You’d be surprised how many Americans just have no fucking clue what is happening. I have relatives that don’t know a thing, they’re just going about their days as if everything is completely normal. Until this shit starts hitting everyone personally, nothing will happen.

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      Well yes. They still believe in innocent until proven guilty. They aren’t monsters!

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      I know I’ll get downvoted, but Obama really accelerated this with the cruise missile and drone strikes during his tenure. Yes, yes, Trump is infinitely worse, but Dems handed Trump the tools instead of dismantling them when they had the opportunity.

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        This seems a few levels beyond the drone strikes. These boats from my understanding could’ve been stopped and were no match for the US Navy. Some of those drone targets were in the middle of no where. Here we have the current administration choosing to just murder a bunch of people on a boat while being able to use any number of non lethal solutions.

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        It was wrong when Obama was doing it but Obama isn’t making the decisions right now. We gotta worry about Donald J Trump and his lackeys right now.

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        The current situation is the result of degradation of checks and balances and increasing presidential power since the cold war kicked off. Long time in the making unfortunately.

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      Ah yes cause the pot calling the kettle black is usually the trustworthy one.

      Fwiw I don’t know who to believe in this one. They’re both massive liars.