"Domestic turmoil has fixed the eye of the public inward in the last few months, much of it stemming from the Department of Homeland Security's brutal anti-immigrant campaign in cities like Minneapolis, which cost the lives of multiple American citizens. But all the while, the DoD is still up to the same campaign of terror it was employing in the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, which seems to have now installed a pliant puppet ruler in Delcy Rodriguez."
"It feels like a lifetime ago, but was only in December of 2025 that Hegseth and co. were being grilled over the revelation that the United States Southern Command forces had blown up a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean in September, and then ordered a second strike to kill the survivors who were still clinging to the wreckage, in clear violation of every law of armed conflict."
The Trump administration conducts continued military boat strike operations in the Caribbean and Pacific, targeting people labeled as "narcoterrorists" while offering almost no details. The apparent tactic is to persist with strikes and hope public inquiry fades amid overwhelming news cycles. Domestic turmoil, driven in part by brutal Department of Homeland Security anti-immigrant actions that caused multiple deaths, has shifted public focus inward. The Department of Defense maintains a campaign similar to actions taken before the U.S. intervention in Venezuela, which installed Delcy Rodriguez. A December 2025 revelation exposed strikes that killed survivors, violating laws of armed conflict.
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