There has been a lot of controversy over the past few days regarding an operation conducted by the US military on September 2, an operation that killed eleven people who were passengers on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea. There were two rounds to the attack and the second wave is what’s causing some people to react negatively.
Clearly, illegal drugs are an immediate threat to our country and its people. Therefore, the military was justified in eliminating the threat. It appears that the problem is that there were two survivors who waved at the plane above them. It is not certain what possessed them to wave, given that they had to know what they were doing was illegal.
Everyone on that boat was on a list that justified their killing. Before the strike was carried out, US intelligence officials verified that lethal force was justified and mandated. No one innocent was killed. The proper steps were taken to ensure that it was legal to take each and every one of those drug terrorists out.
NBC News reported that “lawmakers have raised questions about whether the second strike violated international law.” Of course, I’m not an authority on the matter, but it seems to me that the proper steps were taken. I am certain that everyone involved checked to ensure that international law was followed.
Look, sometimes bad people just need killing. Drug smugglers who seek to destroy our country with their filth should absolutely be eliminated by our military. That is what our military is there for, after all.
NBC News further reported:
“An administration official said [Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley] made clear in his briefings with lawmakers that he acted in complete compliance with the law throughout the operation. ‘As with all such actions, a uniformed JAG provided advice and counsel every step of the way,’ the official said in a written statement, adding that the boat was targeted because it was ‘carrying cocaine” and was ‘affiliated with a cartel designated by the president as a terrorist organization.'”
I am satisfied with the explanation. Whatever it takes to keep drug smugglers out should be done. Smugglers have to know that they will be met with lethal force. Those who were killed in September, along with those killed during similar operations, were a clear and present danger to our country. Taking them out was our only option.