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In reply to the discussion: I would boil the Boat Strikes down to this one point: [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(529 posts)28. The actual goal is likely to both test the limits of justice and get us used to extrajudicial killings.
This is the construction of the classic slippery-slope used by all dictators: find a group to easily marginalize and begin killing them. Once you see that you can get away with that you can move on to other less-marginalized groups.
It is not hard to see or understand--but it is painful to admit to ourselves. There are a lot of Americans that want to see us and our children dead--and our possessions taken and distributed among themselves. This is how they start achieving that goal.
Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926--almost exactly 100 years ago.
100 years is apparently how long it takes to forget....
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I saw a clip of him reach into his pocket and then rub his gums with something.
Irish_Dem
Yesterday
#50
No one is a terrorist until due process had been made. Until then he is a suspected terrorist, I personally love ...
marble falls
Friday
#9
So the US routinely identifies random citizens as terrorists and murders them in cold blood.
Irish_Dem
Yesterday
#51
They most certainly have if it happens on US soil. Why do you hate the Constitution?
marble falls
21 hrs ago
#54
Yes and the timing is tied to the end of the Ukraine war which is dropping oil prices
GreatGazoo
Friday
#33
Or, have the USCG intercept, take crews into custody, find out who hired them if they actually find drugs on board.
Attilatheblond
Friday
#20
Could Trump be sending a message to the cartels, that you must pay him to smuggle drugs?
Emile
Yesterday
#53
I would boil the boat strikes down to three things: Epstein, Epstein and Epstein. It's WAG THE DOG!
usonian
Friday
#15
We have plenty of military muscle to capture these boats without killing all on board and destroying all evidence.... If
Norrrm
Friday
#22
It's murder, pure and simple. Everyone killed on those boats was mudered whether or not they were carrying drugs, and
Fil1957
Friday
#24
You won't see any proof because it's at the bottom of the ocean. See - very convenient.
flashman13
Friday
#26
The actual goal is likely to both test the limits of justice and get us used to extrajudicial killings.
Ol Janx Spirit
Friday
#28