A new, disturbing detail in the “drug boat” controversy that has enveloped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the past week calls the purpose of the entire operation into question.
According to an exclusive report from CNN, the alleged narco-trafficking boat that the U.S. military targeted on September 2 in a “double tap” strike, which killed 11 people, wasn’t even heading to the U.S.
Navy Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, who was in charge of the operation, reported to lawmakers that the boat they struck was actually en route to link up with a larger boat that was heading to Suriname, a country east of Venezuela, two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks said.
Bradley also said that it was still possible that the alleged drug shipment could have eventually ended up in the U.S., the sources told CNN—rather dubious justification for a strike that left several people dead.
Don’t try to prompt critical thinking in the US with your facts. If those citizens could read, they would be very upset.
We are all upset but ww have no political mechanism in place that gives the people a voice in government.
Oh, the senate and house of gerrymandered districts? That represents the people who gerrymandered the districts. The president? He represents the randos who pick him the “electoral college”. And he has dementia. The judicial? They just want a big boat or their religious views to be the ones we follow, they represent themselves.
I feel like “we the people” should vote daily by phone so we could actually have a voice. Who should see the votes? Everyone. Us, them, the world.
If the idiots in charge destroy a boat and the people’s vote immediately turns negative, then they should not do that. If we go to war and our vote is positive, then yeah let’s keep going to war.
You guys and I mean collectively voted for this. Because you didn’t want a woman in power.
Sick comeback. I’d forgotten about that.
First-past-the-post needs to go
It’s more complicated than that. There’s massive gerrymandering, voter suppression, and straight up fraud. I won’t say the popular vote was stolen, because the investigation is ongoing, but there’s credible mounting evidence, unlike Trump’s claims following the 2020 election. Then, ultimately, the electoral college picks for us. We’re not governed for the people, by the people. The majority of Americans have to deal with this, while living in an end-stage-capitalist cage, and we get to read constant insults from ignorant people around the world who can’t see fascism for the cancer it is. It’s on the rise everywhere. Probably in your country as well. Are you responsible for the rise of fascism in your country, or is it the morons actually voting for it?
No, the electoral college vote for the president. We, the people are given a choice just to see what we would pick, but we don’t mean anything. The ballot says purple, the college picks banana yellow. That’s how it works.