President Donald Trump’s attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific began on September 2, 2025. To date, 87 people have been killed in 23 incidents, all on the high seas. The President has justified the killings by labeling the individuals involved “narco-terrorists” and linking his policy to the terror wars of his predecessors. International lawyers have weighed in extensively against the attacks. […]
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces are being advised to disobey unlawful orders to kill, but they may well not see the clear distinction between the terrorism suspects they are killing today in Somalia in the old terror war and those in the Caribbean and Pacific. It is time to focus on the actual principles governing the use of lethal force, which do not include the category “terrorist”. Läs artikel