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Volaris

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8. Also, if the boat is in international waters (off the coast of Venezuela),

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:28 PM

Sep 3

how the hell do they 'know' it's headed for America, specifically? What, it was pointed North?!
What drugs were on board?
What group was moving alleged drugs?
Why is this a problem for the WHOLE-ASS US NAVY, instead of 12 dudes on a DEA swat team in Miami?

This was trash fiction when Tom Clancy published it when I was in high school. Even the thought experiment that an actual living, IRL sitting us president would take this seriously is FUCKING LUNACY.

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So, eleven Venezuelans were on a boat smuggling drugs? [View all] bigtree Sep 3 OP

People killed bc easy arrest & interrogating is inconvenient, especially if facts go against Caligula. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #1

It's total BS Johnny2X2X Sep 3 #2

Actually, there have been 19 Greg_In_SF Sep 3 #7

Also, if the boat is in international waters (off the coast of Venezuela), Volaris Sep 3 #8

Exactly. If they had enough inside information about the crew and the cargo, taxi Sep 3 #15

trump killed these people to try to distract from Epstein LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #3

So they just fucking have these giant fucking garbage bags filled with coke and H out in the fucking open?!? Got it. SoFlaBro Sep 3 #4

They do Greg_In_SF Sep 3 #9

does it take 11 people to operate this speedboat? bigtree Sep 3 #11

Well, you can just look up Greg_In_SF Sep 3 #13

more likely it was people commuting bigtree Sep 3 #17

I have trouble getting to 11 people, I see like maybe 5? nt EX500rider Sep 3 #14

Killed with no evidence malaise Sep 3 #5

I don't believe a word out of this administration any more Hekate Sep 3 #6

How are drug smugglers "Terrorists"? maxsolomon Sep 3 #10

Intolerable. Arbitrary label equals license to kill pat_k Sep 3 #16

A new way to murder in our name pat_k Sep 3 #12