US 'War on Drugs' Claims Four More Lives, No Drugs Found
The Pentagon crows about another successful 'interdiction,' killing four more individuals on an 'alleged drug boat.' CBS News parrots the official line, noting 26 such strikes in recent months, resulting in 99 deaths. Yet, the article, like so many before it, offers zero evidence of actual drugs seized from these specific operations, just 'allegations' after the fact. One might ask, if the goal is
to stop drug trafficking, why is the body count rising while the drug flow remains largely unaffected? This 'War on Drugs' in international waters looks less like law enforcement and more like extrajudicial killings under the guise of an open-ended mandate. The US military, with its advanced weaponry, is taking lives based on 'allegations,' conveniently forgetting that in actual drug busts, the
drugs tend to be presented as evidence. But why bother with due process when you can simply bomb a boat and count it as a win?