U.S. has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.
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US has taken hostages after an illegal strike in international waters.
Sad but true
Let me guess, no drugs, just some sandwiches and fishing gear?
Nah. It'll be what survivors? Down the memory hole it goes with tomorrow's scandal.
But this is exactly why "a defense official and another person familiar with the matter" leaked this to the press. By doing that, it makes it harder for the Administration to just deport them out of sight.
They will still try and do it, of course, but the media will continue to ask questions about it, whether or not they have been kicked out of the Pentagon....
The owners of the media aren't going to let them. They already should have been blasting it wall to wall as war crimes. A few small outlets that most people never see will constantly cover it, of course. But in a week you will see nothing of it on any of the major outlets that people see daily.
Further, they're saying "suspected” as if it's factual. "Alleged/ly" is gone.
It'll be the rabbit hunter scene from Pans Labyrinth (link)
We no longer have a Dept of Defense. So I'm pretty sure that makes this guy a War Official.
9/11 Two: Cartel Boogaloo
(No this is not a threat or any sort of call to violence - it's just to point out that this is the kind of shit that got us here in the first place)
Can you seize survivors?
Sure, it's typically called taking hostages though.
Exactly what we need right now, prisoners of war with dubious legal status
Fishing boats carrying fish that have notable levels of antidepressants due to pharmaceutical contamination does not qualify as a drug vessel.
If even one of them has a Tylenol then it's fair game
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships.