RE: What do you suggest? What intelligence would be acceptable?
1. I remind you that it was our intelligence that told GW Bush that Saddam Hussein had nukes. Where are they? Hundreds of thousands were killed and maimed for something we haven’t yet proven with concrete evidence.
I’m not saying that our intelligence agencies cannot totally be trusted, but their record is MIXED.
2. What about intercepting the boat at sea, capturing the men on board, and then showing us the narcotics in the boat instead of blowing it up?
And if they’re indeed drug smugglers, try them in court and execute them, but not until.
Your method would eventually end in the loss of American servicemen. Are you okay with that?
I’ve only watched the first video and the drug bales were visible and recognizable.
I don’t particularly want the US to disclose it’s ways and means just because old farts on the internet want “proof”.
Um, no, our intelligence said that Saddam Hussein had WMD's (specifically chem weapons, which their was evidence of, and potentially bio weapons). No one ever said he had nukes.
Just like poor journalism, its hard to take a comment seriously when the first sentence is factually false.
The US Coast Guard does that frequently. In fact, it did it within the last week or so. As for trying them in court, they are not US citizens. They are foreign nationals operating in international waters with intent of causing deadly harm to our citizens. They have zero claim to being covered by US laws.