‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests U.S. strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/they-are-murder-victims-senator-suggests-us-strikes-have-killed-people-who-werent-involved-in-drug-trafficking/
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LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 63 pts · 36d
Even if they were drug trafficking, they were fucking murdered! You don’t just fucking murder people, who cares about drugs, it’s fucked up to be judge jury and executioner, and there was no fucking proof, or justification.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 36d
This. Breaking drug laws isn't a capital crime
Damage@feddit.it · 24 pts · 36d
And even if it was, you have the right to a fair trial.
Jiral@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 35d
And even then, the US laws have no validity outside of the US' borders in other sovereign countries or in internationsl waters.
nucleative@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 35d
I think that's also the problem? The high seas have always been treacherous for this reason.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 34d
Now do Iranian schoolgirls, or weddings blown up by drones.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 36d
"Duh" -everyone, everywhere
BioDriver@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 36d
Not much of a suggestion when it’s true
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 34d
Horrible! Let's continue to do nothing!
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 35d
What a great suggestion of this brave senator. I suggest he gets this in front of a court.
kandoh@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 34d
Here's the issue:
Liberals believe you shouldn't blow up drug boats because you could hurt civilians.
Conservatives believe you should hurt civilians in order to blow up drug boats.
The liberal objection is the conservative modus of operandi.
They're not even doing it to protect people from drugs. The drug runners have broken the rules, so now, according to conservatives, they're inviting violence onto themselves. Violence the right lustfully wants to indulge itself in.