UK 'Concerns' Over US Boat Strikes: A New Standard for Allies?
While The Hill dutifully reports the UK's 'major break' over alleged boat strikes targeting drug smugglers, one might wonder where this moral compass was during, say, the wholesale destruction of Gaza or the years of US drone strikes globally. Remember when the US bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan in 2015, killing 42? The UK's indignation was curiously muted then. This
sudden 'strict adherence' to international law seems less about principle and more about who's getting killed and where. This isn't about protecting human lives, it's about protecting optics—and maybe keeping Caribbean waters clear for more lucrative traffic. The US-UK 'special relationship' has historically meant looking the other way through countless atrocities, provided they're committed in
the name of 'freedom' or 'security' against populations deemed less worthy by Western media. So, how many "concerns" does it take to halt intelligence sharing when the victims aren't just 'alleged' drug smugglers in speedboats?