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00:009th U.S. Strike Targets Suspected Narco-Terrorist Activity at Sea
00:04The administration is targeting suspected narco-terrorist boats in the eastern Pacific
00:09with lethal public strikes, posting footage on X.
00:14Officials argue this direct action prioritizes U.S. safety over diplomacy,
00:19framing it as decisive deterrence against drug trafficking that threatens American communities,
00:24even as critics decry the approach.
00:27Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro condemns U.S. strikes as attacks on civilians,
00:32while Colombia's President Gustavo Petro responds with threats, and cartels adjust routes.
00:38President Donald Trump frames the approach as decisive action against drug trafficking,
00:43bypassing traditional diplomacy.
00:46Critics object, but supporters argue previous elite inaction allowed overdoses and deaths to rise,
00:51making direct intervention necessary.
00:53The moral questions are complex.
00:56Who counts as a narco-terrorist?
00:58How certain must strikes be?
00:59And what about international law and collateral damage?
01:03Critics argue the left emphasizes caution and moral purity,
01:07while the right stresses action, framing an action as complicity in rising deaths.
01:12Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's dramatic footage on X-Signal's direct action against cartels,
01:18bypassing traditional media.
01:19But global backlash is rising.
01:22Maduro calls the strikes illegal, Petro threatens action, and covert CIA operations complicate the mission,
01:29turning it from a counter-narcotics effort into a high-stakes geopolitical game.
01:34Using lethal force against non-state actors at sea risks redefining what's acceptable,
01:40prompting allies' concern and adversaries' tests.
01:43The U.S. faces choices, continue strikes, combine them with diplomacy, or risk escalation.
01:50With both sides entrenched, the administration vowing more action and opponents' warning of backlash,
01:55the only certainty is that lives remain at stake, and history will judge the cost of each decision.
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