Besides that it’s from the administration that lies all the time, and no proof has been shown? I guess not, though there are good arguments that the boats couldn’t have reached the US and having 11 people on a smuggling boat doesn’t make sense.
Then there’s the fact that the crimal punishment for smuggling isn’t death and they were not even charged, had a trial and found guilty.
Also, a long history of the US government engaging in fraud and slander as an excuse to start wars, from the USS Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the WMDs in Iraq.
Some reason to believe they’re not drug boats?
Some reason they believe that they ARE drug boats?
How do I know you’re not a drug boat?
Besides that it’s from the administration that lies all the time, and no proof has been shown? I guess not, though there are good arguments that the boats couldn’t have reached the US and having 11 people on a smuggling boat doesn’t make sense.
Then there’s the fact that the crimal punishment for smuggling isn’t death and they were not even charged, had a trial and found guilty.
Presumption of innocence.
Also, a long history of the US government engaging in fraud and slander as an excuse to start wars, from the USS Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the WMDs in Iraq.