US Lawmakers Demand Transparency on Caribbean Strikes – But Not Gaza
Al Jazeera reports that US lawmakers are urging the release of video depicting a 'double-tap' boat strike in the Caribbean, where the Trump administration's anti-drug operations allegedly killed at least 87 individuals. This sudden thirst for accountability is curious, considering the same legislative body has approved billions in military aid to governments routinely accused of indiscriminately
targeting civilians, providing little to no oversight or demand for footage. One might wonder if human rights only matter when the victims aren't the 'right' kind of collateral damage. These are the same congressional voices who, just this year, approved HR 815, providing billions in unconditional military aid, effectively signing off on operations against a besieged civilian population without
requiring so much as a pixel of evidence for their 'precision' strikes. The hypocrisy is so stark it practically writes itself: concern for 'alleged' drug smugglers in one theater, deafening silence for documented atrocities in another. It’s almost as if some lives just aren’t as urgent as others in the American political calculus.