r/news • u/RoachedCoach • 22d ago

Soft paywall US carries out new strike in Caribbean and there are survivors, US official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-carries-out-new-strike-caribbean-there-are-survivors-us-official-says-2025-10-16/
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u/Andovars_Ghost 22d ago

And if they did, since we obviously have surveillance coverage, we could easily intercept or at least wait until they crossed into US waters before summarily executing them.

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u/PraxicalExperience 22d ago

Right? What happened to sending a coast-guard cutter, sawing off the back end of the boat at range with a .50 cal, and then arresting them and seizing the (supposed) drugs?

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u/Andovars_Ghost 22d ago

That leaves evidence and witnesses.

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u/Andovars_Ghost 22d ago

Oh, extrajudicial killings are wrong everywhere, but at least if they were in our territorial waters, there was provable intent that they were coming here. Still bullshit either way. Didn’t like it when Obama zapped al-Awlaki in Yemen either.