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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey assumed the identities of the fishermen they blew up would never come out:
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
— Michael Paarlberg (@mpaarlberg.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T15:42:09.521Z
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They assumed the identities of the fishermen they blew up would never come out: (Original Post)
tblue37
Sep 29
OP
Big strong men with tears in their eyes now want to give him a Nobel Prize!
struggle4progress
Sep 30
#10
Permanut
(7,616 posts)2. Sounds like murder, premeditated.
Hekate
(99,735 posts)3. Thank the journalists, for digging up the gacts
Deuxcents
(24,319 posts)4. No one thought that these people would be missed..didn't have families?
ret5hd
(21,842 posts)7. none that counted...to this maladministration.
trump didn't shoot someone on 5th Ave, he bombed them on the high seas, and seems to be getting away with it.
Murder.
usonian
(21,261 posts)6. The emperor views other people as pawns to be played.
Or other pieces.
No regard for human life. A true sociopath.
IzzaNuDay
(1,160 posts)8. Confirmed my skepticism
I just didn't believe these killings were only about drugs, just the common person trying to make a living. Today's NYT article confirmed that whatever Cheeto said was a lie. Innocent lives lost.
tazcat
(172 posts)9. Thought they were fishermen all along.
struggle4progress
(124,808 posts)10. Big strong men with tears in their eyes now want to give him a Nobel Prize!
Cha
(314,839 posts)11. This is Incredibly Heartbreaking! Those
who were saying at first that it might NOT be Drug runners but Fishermen were absolutely Correct.
I hope the Venezuelan Gov will Help the Families of the Murdered Fishermen by the US Government.
Shame on the Drone operators
Buddyzbuddy
(1,653 posts)12. Crime against humanity, resulting in death by murder count 1.