A slippery slope
About 15 years ago I attended a briefing at SOUTHCOM HQ when the problem of "go fast boats" was discussed. These are drug smuggling boats, with 4 $50K outboard motors - all of which are abandoned after one trip north. The Coast Guard had primary responsibility to intercept them.
The go-fast boats carried 2-4 people. Not 11.
Unless their tactics have changed, this was not a normal drug smuggling boat. I think we killed civilians.
Link: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/09/killing-sea-americas-descent-lawless-power/407949/
Replies to: A slippery slope
How do you compare that with Obama droning a New Mexico man in Yemen?
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Another Cole whatabout classic. Leads the Neddie League.
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A “New Mexico Man?” The guy was a fucking terrorist who renounced his American citizenship. He..:
for what he deserved.
That followed an extensive interagency review.
And that guy was an enemy combatant. The 11 people on that boat were not.
Meh. They were associating with a known terrorist.
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Doesn’t make it right but here’s what was done
The president publicly announced the men had mistakenly been killed as a result of a U.S. strike, and he apologized for their deaths. He promised a thorough independent review of their killings. And he said their families would be compensated. All of this was exactly the right thing to do.
"A republic that allows its leaders to kill without law, to wage war without strategy, and to deploy
"A republic that allows its leaders to kill without law, to wage war without strategy, and to deploy troops without limit is a republic in deep peril."
Yep. I'll again repeat David Frum: "If Liberals Won’t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will"
I think there are some cases where this type of action could be justified. Like the pirates from a few decades ago, the attackers of the USS Cole, the Houthi assholes targeting ships, and those god-damned orcas in the Mediterranean! This doesn't seem to be justified like those examples.
This has nothing to do with border enforcement
The Coast Guard is perfectly capable of handling these things, within the structure of international law.
A boat headed for our shores has nothing to do with border enforcement?
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Have to wonder why on earth, DJT hasn't asked Congress to fund Fentanyl Scanners for the tens of
thousands of cars and trucks entering at our Southern Border checkpoints each day...that is the #1 way the drugs are trafficked into the U.S....weird that he hasn't boasted about it by now...what's holding him back?
He must be turning into a Democrat.
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A thousand miles away? Good one.
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1300 To be exact, but MAGA doesn’t understand do the means justify the end
Bet the strike cost more than what they thought they were getting rid of
What is the threshold and who decides?
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If you want a laugh, go to the search function.
Type in keyword “slope” and filter by Chris94.
Pages and pages and pages of mocking posts about “slippery slope” arguments. Slippery slope is a target-rich environment, lol.
But THIS slippery slope? That’s different!
I assume you agree that we need to torpedo the orcas affecting yacht sales.
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Ha! He's a bit autocratic when it comes to (not) applying his rules to himself.
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I agree with this. Usually.
"Slippery slope" arguments often are merely justifications for extremism. If we don't stop this now, just imagine what could happen!
But we don;'t need to imagine anything here. Extremism is already upon us.
And by the way, if you use the UHND search function a lot, you probably should consider getting a life.