After watching the video of the speed boat in the waters known as “the runway” be blown to bits by the murderous Trump regime, understanding why Trump and his treasonous sycophants luxuriate in our prestigious public offices instead of in a dark and grey prison confuses me. I’m reminded of the series of short scenes from Kurt Vonnegut’s book, The Cat’s Cradle, illustrating the shared misery of living under the cruelties of a government gone rogue. Trump and Hegspeth at the least need removed and imprisoned. This is not what American soldiers do. We don’t know who boarded that boat and for what purpose. We don’t even know if the passengers on the boat did anything criminal. We see an unclassified bombing of a civilian craft over and over on our television sets, but we see no evidence that this craft engaged in any smuggling activity. Even if millions of dollars of drugs were stashed on board, our policies are clear: circle the vessel; demand its occupants identify themselves; board the vessel; search the vessel. We don’t just kill civilians with bombs. What if a high level informant for another government was on that craft? What if that craft was simply out fishing. We do not know.
Trump and his treasonous sycophants labor to break down our resistance to this type of political violence. As we become complacent to this violence, we will soon suffer harsh consequences. The pain will be delivered to ordinary Americans in a variety of ways: terrorism on our soil; heightened military activity in our cities; punishing high prices for everything; and an ongoing blitz of depression and darkness. Our allies are done with us. Trump and his treasonous sycophants stabbed them with insults, tariffs, and lies. No one will save us from the Republican death cult. Just as the Atlantic and the Pacific offer the protection of distance and time from enemies, it also hinders the ability for anyone to come to our aid.
The video above makes the point that this action is murder. The Pulitzer Prize winning writer Greg Grandon of Yale University also points out that eleven people would not have been riding in a drug boat. This mass murder cries out for justice.