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They aren't intended to stem drug flow. That's just the pretext. This is lazy "reporting".

What the hell is in ‘question’? Someone in DOJ just indicted Castro for shooting private planes out of the air 30 years ago! Congress is asleep! Unprovoked killing of small boaters in international waters. The Hague should be calling.

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"Critics question..." So fucking lame. Classic NPR/MSM. How about the much more accurate and useful "Experts in international law question...?" Oh, no, can't have that!!!! That would seem biased!!!! airbagmoments.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/m...

You can do better than this title , NPR. EVERYONE should question their legality and effectiveness

We all know they’re committing crimes, but like J6, there will be zero consequences for it. We aren’t a serious country.

Just remind me what the Americans want to arrest Castro for, again?

I question their morality.

The stated purpose of the strikes is a blatant and obvious lie, and if the goal were to stop drugs, they would still be entirely illegal under both US and international law. These are war crimes, premeditated murders, and gross abuse of power.

We just know our military is murdering civilian boaters.

That’s exactly what’s happening. But even less engaged. It’s like randomly shooting someone with a sniper rifle.

only 2 things to know: they are illegal and they are war crimes

They just wanted to kill people. It's disgusting

"critics?" can you guys do real journalism to inform people about the legality anymore or do you just have stenographers for debate club?

The "war on drugs" has been a failure since it's beginnings. Who knows how many lives and how many billions of dollars have been lost on this wasted ass, conservative effort.

What to know NPR? It is cold blooded murder.

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Wow. You need to fire your fucking headline writers. They are illegal. And it's murder.

How many of the killed narco terrorists have been members of the Koch family?

Do you have any competent foreign policy reporters? and if you do, do they need to look to critics to question the legality and effectiveness of the murdering people at sea without any proof of drugs and/or illegal activity? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING!???

Let’s call it what it is. Murder.

"Critics question their legality" Pretty much any lawyer not working for the federal government will tell you this is murder, and has repeatedly done so

If by critics you mean anyone who isn’t a racist murdering POS. that’s NOT how we handle low level drug smugglers. We can board the boats seize the drugs instead of polluting the ocean with “drugs” and bombs and murdered bodies. this isn’t justice and it’s not stopping the drug trade.

“Aim to stem drug flow” and “critics question their legality” instead of calling exactly what’s happening is some BS, shame on NPR.

Why can they not let the USCG stop and search these boats?

Not just critics question these.

They enjoy causing death in numerous active & passive ways.

Didn't Trump claim Raoul Castro should be executed for attacking civilians on vessels traveling between Cuba and the US? Why is the law different for Kegseth and Trump?

US Murders total more than 200. I question nothing. Illegal, ineffective, immoral, performative bloodletting normalized by poorly written headlines. Get pissed, NPR, these same people want you gone, too.

“critics” oh my gosh

Give up NPR, he will not give your money back.

Critics question. You weasels. These are illegal attacks and should be prosecuted.

That they’re likely war crimes?

Raise your hand if you think Trump and members of his cabinet should be handed over to the World Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Grow some fucking balls and stop giving them any benefit of the doubt. They don't "aim to stem drug flow." This has been proven demonstrably and repeatedly. The administration just wanted to kill Brown people to see if they could get away with it. And headlines like this are helping them do it.

Those naughty critics!

They don’t aim to stem drug flow. They aim to satisfy Trump and Hegseth’s bloodlust.

This passive framing view from nowhere horseshit is the exact type of reportage that makes me want to give more money to Democracy Now and less to you guys.

Grow a pair, NPR

Here are the “narco-terrorists” that the US is murdering- “In several interviews, residents of the region and relatives said the dead men were mostly laborers or fishermen making $500 a trip.” Thank you for reporting!

I’m so confused as to why “some critics” and then NPR question the “effectiveness” of these extrajudicial murders. It doesn’t matter. It’s murder!

What to know? They're illegal. Full stop.

So much speculating

You pump out this hacky garbage and you’re still getting your funding cut you complicit losers.

That's a weak lede. The strikes are illegal under international law. State the faces and don't obfuscate.

Going after the little minnows is a cowards way. He pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández and Garnett Gilbert Smith. I guess they were able to give trump what the little fish could not?

The kind of soft take we've come to expect from NPR. Up there with Susan Collins' infinite concern..

There is no reason to question their legality. Without due process, the killings are murder.

Normal people states: every single thing this governament does is ilegal and ineffective. From JFK Center to Iran war. Everything.

JFC on a pancake!!!

They are effective in communicating to run your drugs through the normal channels of Mexican drug cartels. We even took away drug enforcement at the border to focus those guys on immigration. We are telling South & Central America explicitly how to move drugs.