Are U.S. ‘Drug Boat’ Strikes in the Caribbean War Crimes?

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Did the recent U.S. “drug boat” strike in the Caribbean cross the line into a war crime – especially if a second missile was used on survivors in the water?

In this video I break down a messy, emotional story using three lenses:
1️⃣ What we actually know from open sources about Operation Southern Spear – ~21 strikes on small vessels, ~83 people killed, and the controversial incident near Trinidad involving an alleged second strike on survivors.
2️⃣ What the law says – the Law of Armed Conflict (Geneva Conventions, “hors de combat”) and maritime law (duty to rescue people in distress at sea).
3️⃣ How the President is doing all this without Congress ever voting for a war in Venezuela or the Caribbean – and why Congress seems weirdly okay with giving up its own oversight power.

I’m not here to tell you “Team Red good, Team Blue bad.” I walk through:

* The allegations about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the alleged “kill everybody” order
* How LOAC treats shipwrecked combatants and people in the water
* Why maritime law doesn’t have an asterisk that says “except cartel guys”
* The Article II / War Powers legal theory the White House is using
* What Congress could do… but so far hasn’t
* Then I leave you with the real question:
👉 How comfortable are you with this much lethal power being used this far from home, on this thin a legal foundation, with this little transparency?

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