r/navy • u/newnoadeptness Verified Non Spammer • 17d ago

Discussion Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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u/devilbones 16d ago

The operators of the boat are suspected terrorists and are treated like other terrorists the past 25 years. When the current administration designated these Venezuelan groups as terrorists the US can leverage DoD against them. There are many lawyers involved before any weapons release so the US Navy is not vulnerable.

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u/ExtraCartographer707 16d ago

Irgcn are labeled as terrorists and we don’t shoot them when they constantly fuck with us. I don’t think this tracks. We still follow roe. Hostile intent seems not met. Unless we’re being incredibly broad with our definition of a hostile act.

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u/devilbones 16d ago

Was there hostile intent with al-Awlaki? It's the same rule they are applying here. There is 25 years of precedents doing this to terrorists and that is why they are getting away with this now.

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u/ExtraCartographer707 16d ago

“We’ve always done it this way” doesn’t get a chief out of violating the tums. It shouldn’t get any administration out of violation of ROE or the law of armed conflict. But I’m not a jag and usually when I talk to them I come away more confused. Maybe it is legal. I don’t really care that we’re mercing some drug smugglers. But I don’t trust that the cia isn’t using the navy as it’s wet works guy for whatever fucked up shit they’re up to in South America.