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Besides your tone let's just try to inject some rationality here: I don't subscribe to murdering people, even alleged drug traffickers when better alternatives exist.

And for an encore: 11 people on a boat that is trafficking drugs? Think about that for a second. If you're a drugs smuggler what are you going to do with 11 people on your boat. That's easily 600 Kg more payload which has a street value of something ridiculous. And there is no way in hell that that boat would make it to the USA. That's way to far for a powerboat like that. They're great for short and very fast hops, not for 1000+ miles across open water. So there is a very good chance that 11 innocents just got murdered for no reason whatsoever other than that they happened to be on a boat.

But I don't even care: bombing boats with civilians is an act of war. This is the sort of thing that will beget a response. Just like threatening to invade Canada, Panama or Greenland begets a response. At the end of all this the USA will realize that it is large, but not larger than the rest of the world. Killing indiscriminately and bullying are all immature acts of overgrown toddlers that want to use their toys. You can't justify that by pointing to some pieces of paper, or lack thereof.



Ok, but what does all of this have to do with my, or raiyner’s comment? Are you really not familiar with the notion of “due process”? Is the legal system where you are from unable to distinguish between procedural rights and the morality of outcome?


Can you stop trolling? It's boring and does not contribute to the discussion. Thank you.




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