Kaine says US boat strikes likely killed people 'not involved in narcotrafficking': 'Murder victims' - ABC News
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To the shock of absolutely no one who has been paying attention.
It's murder even if someone is likely involved in drug trafficking. Nobody involved has been tried or convicted, and the penalty for drug trafficking is not death in any civilized country.
Singapore would care to disagree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore
Singapore's "justice" system isn't civilized, though. It's draconian to the point of barbarism.
Yeah most countries would disagree with Singapore, so I don't get the point they are making. Affirmation bias, probably.
The "civilized" qualifier was intentional.
I wouldn't call that place civilized
You honestly think Singapore considers themselves... "civilized"?
Usually you have this thing called due process that helps you figure out whether or not the accused are actually criminals.
Not in international waters, you don’t.
There, the US gets to kill brown people indiscriminately.
/sad
Way to be 8 months behind, dipshit. As one of my two senators, what are you doing about it? As one of the senators who voted to reopen the government when everybody was on board with keeping it shut down until the right shit got funded, are you starting to understand how fucking wrong you were? Do something of value or fuck off.
He wrote a letter to Trump!
What do you expect him to do? Loudly demand that this war be ended TODAY, and loudly demand that his fellow Democrats join him, and vote against EVERYTHING until this war is fully ended, close down the government, close down everything until we stop committing world-class terrorism?
Nah, a letter should do it.
A letter that gives Trump an out by saying he didn't order anything illegal. About as useful as herpes.
The government’s reaction to the Trump regime reeks of weaponized incompetence.
Because it is
Tbf, that's almost 34 years further than the "every election takes place in 1992" Clintonite "Centrist" bastard usually is 🤷🏻
Aside from the whole No-Shit-Sherlock aspect to this...
Really? More than 3.75 million dollars per "enemy" killed would be a complete boondoggle even if they were valid targets.
Jfc, I know I'm against this kind of thing, but for that money you could send me in on an old parachute with a revolver.
Likely war crime
The double-tap was definitely a war crime. Attacking people in the water after their vessel was hit is literally the example they use in the part of the US Navy's manual in the section where they define war crimes.
Elect conservatives (regressives), get war crimes.
And higher costs of living.
And more transmissible diseases.
And infringed rights.
Did you have your eyes closed whenever the dems were doing their war crimes?
You are in fact right, but given a binary choice between war crimes, or war crimes AND Fascists, I'm afraid the right choice is war crimes without the side order of Fascism.
I'd prefer if America collapsed and gave the rest of the world a chance to breathe, but that's just me.
I prefer my war crimes when they're limited to war zones and not entirely randomly across the globe.
So you had your eyes closed then, lol
Anywhere can be a war zone if you wage war on it.
You're not wrong, I was just being glib though.
BoTh SiDeS
Literally.
What's a war crime if it's never punished?
Bombing before a trial, what could go wrong
I am Jack's complete lack of suprise.
This loser is part of the problem.
NO FUCKING SHIT
Little late to the party, eh, Tim? Just like the rest of your stupid friends.
Really? Shocked I tell you shocked.
Ya but they were brown people. No one will be held accountable. Wish I was joking.
Has America killed innocent American citizens before in order to achieve a goal of theirs?
Every day. That isn't even new for this administration, although they're more open about not giving a fuck that it happens, and that it's part of the plan.
They're fishermen, not narco traffickers.
So it's murderers killing other murderers
Words are hard for you, I see.