{"id":333624,"date":"2025-12-07T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/senators-square-off-over-u-s-attacks-on-suspected-drug-boats-in-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:45:11","slug":"senators-square-off-over-u-s-attacks-on-suspected-drug-boats-in-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=333624","title":{"rendered":"Senators square off over U.S. attacks on suspected drug boats in Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sen. Tom Cotton pushed back Sunday against Democrats questioning the Trump administration\u2019s strategy of attacking suspected drug boats in international waters.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cotton said a boat loaded with narcotics bound for the U.S. is a valid military target because it is crewed by associates or members of foreign terrorist organizations who are trying to kill Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore our military conducts such a strike, they have multiple sources of intelligence. They give high confidence that everyone on that boat is a foreign drug trafficker, not an innocent civilian who is being \u2018human trafficked\u2019, for instance,\u201d the Arkansas Republican said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some Senate Democrats have said the Sept. 2 \u201cdouble-tap\u201d strike on a suspected drug boat amounts to a war crime.<\/p>\n

The first strike reportedly killed nine of the 11 people on board the vessel in the Caribbean Sea. A second strike was ordered after two survivors were spotted sitting or standing on the stricken vessel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was essentially murder with that \u2018double-tap\u2019 strike,\u201d Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Democrat, said Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cIf a pilot bails out and he\u2019s in a rubber dinghy in the middle of the ocean, under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Eric Schmitt, Missouri Republican, said the Democrats\u2019 outrage over the Sept. 2 strike is merely the latest skirmish in their plan to push out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n