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Foulkes Richard's avatar

Duterte is in prison in La Hague for murdering “drug” dealers. Perhaps the international court should investigate and prosecute if appropriate?

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Roland Poche's avatar

No perhaps about it. Donald Trump has joined the club of international murderers, Putin, Netanyahu, Kim Jong Un, all Trump's pals. When Xi Jumping invades Taiwan he will join as an esteemed member. What the American military has done is a clear violation of international law: following illegal orders, established at Nuremberg and subsequently codified in international law. ---Roland Poche, New Orleans

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Diane Will's avatar

trump must be impeached. Call congress America! Do Something!

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Robin Dumler's avatar

I'd love it if Trump was impeached but it's a useless cause at this time as his goons just keep kissing his big, fat smelly ass. Not happening now but maybe after a bit. Vote the clown cabinet out and elect adults that know how to run a country.

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Lynda Pownall-Carlson's avatar

Our country cannot withstand a full term of him. This will not be the same country and I don’t know how it will stay together. People have the opinion that we are different from other countries and can’t fall apart. I don’t have any answers on what to do. Our representatives are not taken care of us. How long do they think this man will need them?

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Jerry L. Payne's avatar

As he did with Cohen, and all the others that kissed his feet. Their mindset. He’s their buddy, tunnel vision and stupidity reins among them all. After he uses them up, gets all their money by donation and betrays them.

The betrayal is like the an addiction that continues to pull at their heart. I’ll try it one more time before I quit.

Maybe I’ll be a winner.

You do that until the last penny is gone. Frustrated by not winning the pot. Finally realizing that the game is rigged against you. A rude awakening comes to mind moving through your body. I’ve gambled on a chance. ‘You can’t win if you don’t play.’ That’s simple to understand and subliminal to the mind. It took all you had to finally realized that it wasn’t going to happen and that you were mislead.

Reality sets in and you played along and what you thought and was told(subliminal advertising) Take a chance on me. What do you have to lose. Trump Campaign rally 2015 New York City.

Attend rallies of protest,tell others what you think about this tyrant, call and write your legislators and vote.

Yes it’s frustrating. But don’t stop speaking out against him because you are a good person who cares about the people of America. We’re are the fire wall.

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Robin Dumler's avatar

The real problem is Trump is incompetent, he doesn't have a clue what he's doing or how to run an effective government. He doesn't care about anyone except himself and his cronies , the power they can bestow on all others. He seeks out those like him; dumb, inexperienced and with the same mindset. As long as they are loyal to him, they can do whatever they want and it is acceptable to him. Such a bunch of losers but the American people are the sufferers. We got to get rid of them and Fast !!!

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Odis H Johnson's avatar

It was a test of the military to see if they would carry out an unlawful order to kill innocent humans, next test will be on Americans inside the US.

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Stephen ONeill's avatar

Every officer in that chain of command should be subject to courts martial. They are required to disobey unlawful orders. They were in international waters, there was no threat posed by that boat. As Defense Secretary Hegseth should be the first, followed by the Task Force commander.

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vicky's avatar

Seems like he’s got a real thrill out of killing people now.

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Robin Dumler's avatar

Yep, and he thinks he should get a Nobel Peace Award.. What a dumb fuck.

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vicky's avatar

Or the “Noble Piece” award per karolyin. Another idiot.

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Robin Dumler's avatar

POS Award, you are correct, that is what Trump deserves.

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•the point of singularity•'s avatar

Agree 10.000% as a Venezuelan and as an American. But that's what you get when you elect an autocratic thug, coup monger, convicted felon, narcissistic sociopath. Don't we Venezuelans know it? It's been 26 yrs and counting. To think the Magazuelans are cheering 🎃on convinced he's the next Simón Bolívar our OG Liberator. They're so desperate they don't want to see that this one is the same ol same ol 💩 as Chavez and of course Maduro his anointed successor. Both mentored by Putin who also has his thumb on 🎃

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Carol Wengraitis's avatar

I just don’t understand how people cannot be outraged by what was done to this boat drugs or not I’ve known people in the Coast Guard and even people that were not in the coast guard when you’re going after a drug boat and they won’t stop and usually the drug boots are much larger With a lot of hiding spaces in them. The thing to do is fire a shot across their valve the bowels the front of the boat the boat stops you get in. You do a search if there’s drugs in there you find the damn drugs you seize the drugs you arrest the people in the boat And you bring them in and put them up for trial. You just don’t go shoot a random boat out of the water first of all, this doesn’t even look like a drug boot and second of all where was all the extra fuel they should’ve been carrying together the 2000 miles to reach the United States when are the people of the United States Gonna wake up and see if this was out out murder Trump lies so bad and people are too dumb to realize it and sad to say anybody in the military has to realize it too and nothing is being said. Nothing is being done by the military to stop this. It’s in the constitution that they do not do not have to obey an unlawful order this had to have been an unlawful order And should’ve been presented publicly that it was an unlawful order but nobody’s doing that. Everybody has their head in the sand when are people going to wake up and see with this mad man and his fellow cohorts like Hegseth are doing?

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•the point of singularity•'s avatar

The hit was between Venezuelan waters and/or Trinidadian ones. Both Paria Peninsula and Trinidad are only between 15-150Kms distance from each other. So there are no "Int'l Waters" between them. Venezuela's regime doesn't have Coastguards

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Gary Nelson's avatar

How many drug running boats per day, per hour, are there? And Trump-Hegseth get One? And was that in fact running drugs? Anyone else think was just show to cover total disinterest, if not complicity, in the Latin American drug trade? Anyone remember Iran-Contra?

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Odis H Johnson's avatar

If they were running drugs, it was a small amount and local delivery. Not a threat to the US or our interest.

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•the point of singularity•'s avatar

Exactly, anyway Venezuela drug traffic is usually directed towards EU. AND what does assassinating 11 alleged unknown drug/human traffickers/coyotes/ fishermen really accomplish? These - IF truly traffickers - were just minions. With families. Not the Bosses.

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•the point of singularity•'s avatar

This peñero ( traditional wood fishing boat ) was en route from Unare in Paria, Venezuela towards Trinidad -which are so close that the hit occurred either in Venezuelan or Trinidadian waters & NOT Int'l ones. Yet the TTPM okayed, plus refused a search and rescue mission in hers.

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Judy Williams's avatar

Oh Dear God you are so right David, These lives and so many more used as a publicity stunt for a deranged President. What will it take to wake up Americans to what is going on and when will they believe the facts ? When will truth be truth again....

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Allen Aigen's avatar

How does one get the International Criminal Court to act?

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TuffPEX's avatar

This is not the first murders this inhuman douche has carried out, there was definitely the Pennsylvania murder of an innocent person and a “supposed” shooter.

To which NO ONE HAS SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT, cause it was a complete conspiracy

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Sarah Bennett's avatar

Excellent piece. Thank you, David. This murderous action and the absurd excuses for it highlight the extreme weakness and inhumanity of this administration. It totally sickens me and my heart weeps. We cannot continue to let the actions of these incompetent and cruel people represent our United States to the rest of the world. We must stand together, speak up and resist with whatever peaceful and legal avenues we have available.

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Tim Matchette's avatar

Wonderful column David. This immoral felon is a disgrace to every person who values the rule of law and the Constitution. We have to vote this unhinged menace out and once out prosecute his fat ass.

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Marti's avatar

It seems to me that the order to strike that boat was illegal. Why did the military obey an illegal order?

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Robin Dumler's avatar

Simple, they are run by a Trump ass kisser.

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Robert Bailey's avatar

Drug runners do not do these types of drops. And where? And why so many people. Was it a drug runner committee meeting? Or was it innocents trying to flee a corrupt useless government in Venezuela only to be killed by another. Sad.

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Maureen Gold's avatar

Who ordered the firing? If the boat was turning back, in military procedures,could the captain ordered a do not fire?

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Robin Dumler's avatar

Trump did that and he seemed to take great pleasure when he said he did. AHole Trump.

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•the point of singularity•'s avatar

I guess Hegseth, the Fox anchor war secretary/drunkard.

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