U.S. Military Kills 107 'Alleged' Drug Suspects, Cries for Due Process Heard From No One
CBS News dutifully reports the U.S. military's 30th strike on an "alleged" drug boat, adding two more to the tally of 107 killed since September. The article notes these are "alleged" vessels, yet the U.S. military seems to be operating as judge, jury, and executioner in international waters, bypassing any pretense of due process. One might wonder why a civilian justice system can't handle drug
interdictions without lethal force, especially when the suspects are merely "alleged." This isn't about upholding the law; it's about projecting military power and normalizing extraterritorial killings. The same outrage machine that convenes tribunals for 'war criminals' in Russia stays strangely silent when the Pentagon executes alleged smugglers without trial. Perhaps the real 'allegation' here
is that some lives are implicitly deemed less worthy of legal protections than others. How many more 'alleged' deaths before the media (or anyone) asks for something resembling evidence?