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Trump Says U.S. Engaged In ‘Armed Conflict’ With Caribbean Drug Cartels, Declaring Them ‘Unlawful Combatants’
Forbes ^ | October 2, 2025 | Ty Roush

Posted on 10/02/2025 12:35:23 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

President Donald Trump has labeled drug cartels operating in the Caribbean as “unlawful combatants” and said the U.S. is engaged in an “armed conflict,” multiple outlets reported Thursday, following recent strikes targeting alleged drug smuggling boats in the region.

The Trump administration said in a confidential notice the U.S. was engaged in an “non-international armed conflict” against the drug cartels, the Associated Press and New York Times reported, citing a person familiar with the matter and a copy of the notice, respectively.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cartelrandissad; crime; drugs; frdopeheadssad; isitthemyogi; makewarsgreatagain; morewars; randpaulissad; smuggling; warmeanswinning; welovewarsagain
Unlawful Combatants!

The Cartels are So Screwed!

1 posted on 10/02/2025 12:35:23 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

More than likely, a leftie moron federal district court judge in San Francisco will issue a TRO before the end of the day


2 posted on 10/02/2025 12:40:55 PM PDT by jpp113
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To: Navy Patriot

Oopsie. The cartels FA’d.


3 posted on 10/02/2025 12:44:34 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Navy Patriot
Much like when the U.S. battled the Barbary Pirates:

The Young U.S. Navy Battled North African Pirates (Thought.co)

4 posted on 10/02/2025 12:46:54 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Navy Patriot

To be a president, you have to be quite good at both multi tasking and delegating work. You have to prioritize, while keeping dozens of ‘plates’ spinning at the same time.

Certain ‘plates’ must never be allowed to drop and shatter, if the president has any influence which fate, God or Mother Nature chooses not to over ride.


5 posted on 10/02/2025 12:48:38 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Navy Patriot

evil is afoot


6 posted on 10/02/2025 12:52:31 PM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Navy Patriot
Trump needs to triple his security detail.

Drug cartels run the world.

7 posted on 10/02/2025 1:26:03 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Political insight on loan from Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Navy Patriot

BUT BUT BUT DUE PROCESS!!!

Yet another group of degenerates for the democrats to protect. Drug cartels, drug smugglers, illegal criminal aliens, child sexual predators / groomers / pervert “trans” in girls’ dressing rooms, islamic terrorists, somali brother marriers, antifa, etc...


8 posted on 10/02/2025 1:50:27 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Unlawful Combatants!

That's right, no legal protection.

9 posted on 10/02/2025 2:38:43 PM PDT by xone ( )
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To: Navy Patriot

Frakkin’ PIRATES! Sink ‘em!


10 posted on 10/02/2025 4:54:28 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: fidelis

...to the shores of Tripoli.


11 posted on 10/02/2025 6:03:40 PM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: SecondAmendment
Drug cartels run the world.

Right or wrong - people with BALLS rule the world.

12 posted on 10/02/2025 6:04:42 PM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Navy Patriot

Back in 1990, I read Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger.

I wondered back then why we (the US) could go ahead and just really do this.


13 posted on 10/03/2025 5:34:04 AM PDT by Nifty
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To: Navy Patriot

[President Donald Trump has labeled drug cartels operating in the Caribbean as “unlawful combatants”]

God bless President Trump 🛐🛐🙏🙏✝️✝️


14 posted on 10/03/2025 8:00:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: xone

Yeah, too bad we have to kill them in international waters. It would be good to kill all the ones in the US. Unfortunate that the constitution would get in the way.


15 posted on 10/04/2025 5:47:00 PM PDT by ARW
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Unfortunate that the constitution would get in the way.

The Constitution doesn't get in the way, LOAC and the Constitution are in sync. Which is why folks like this doing these things should be a cautionary tale for idiots who would make similar decisions here.

16 posted on 10/05/2025 4:26:54 AM PDT by xone ( )
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To: ARW
too bad we have to kill them in international waters.

We don't, but they choose that for themselves. The US would arrest them(capture) but there is no legal or moral reason to do so. You might want to read up on LOAC and the Constitution before attempting sarcasm. Sarcasm is best rooted in fact, not feelings.

17 posted on 10/05/2025 4:30:34 AM PDT by xone ( )
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To: Navy Patriot

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18 posted on 10/05/2025 10:38:12 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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