"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes before they're announced"

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by terminalshort on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:33PM (#45840712)

$500K speedboats taking off from an area known for cartel activity in a country with a < $5000 GDP per capita loaded full with boxes and hauling ass on a one way trip across the Caribbean? If you want to argue that we shouldn't use the military to blow up cartel boats, fine. If you want to claim that these guys aren't moving bricks, GTFO.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by op00to on Thursday November 06, 2025 @09:54PM (#45843113)

Prove it.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by gottorf on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:13PM (#45843206)

Some rando on the internet isn't going to be able to prove or disprove this. You believe what you want based on what evidence is available to you.

Myself, the imagery I've seen of the multiple very expensive and very powerful outboard motors on these boats is enough for me to believe that these are not in fact honest fishermen. It's totally incongruous.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by crustaceansoup on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:59PM (#45843444)

We don't have images / videos of all strikes. We don't have anything from the strike that the Colombian president claims was on a fishing boat, for one.

If you really want to go far enough with it, given the administration's general lack of trustworthiness, we don't even have confirmation that all the videos we've been given correspond to the strikes we've been told they correspond to.

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