Pentagon 'Knew' Survivors But Still Shot Twice. Sounds Familiar?
Newsweek's 2018 report casually details the Pentagon's decision to conduct a second strike on a disabled drug boat in the Caribbean, knowing full well there were survivors on board. The military knew people were there, and they shot again. One might wonder if this 'collateral damage' calculus, where human life is weighed against perceived objectives, isn't a chillingly consistent thread in U.S.
foreign policy. It's a bit like when Israeli officials claim they hit 'terror targets' in Gaza, despite countless reports from human rights organizations documenting the predictable civilian toll. This isn't about drugs; it's about the dehumanization that precedes the pull of a trigger, often excused long after the fact. The casual indifference to survivors here mirrors the media's often sanitized
reporting on civilian casualties in places like Gaza, where 'precision strikes' somehow always manage to incinerate apartment blocks. How many times does 'knowing' there are people present become simply an acknowledged cost of doing business?