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One step closer to bombing civilians
Why Trump's military strike on a drug boat should spook America.
By designating Tren de Aragua as a “foreign terrorist organization” (a label previously reserved for groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS), the administration gave itself cover to start using military force, even though these are not wartime enemies. The logic behind Trump’s Caribbean strike — that suspected criminals in international waters can be treated like wartime enemies on a battlefield — opens the door to even more chilling abuses of power, like the kind envisioned by Stephen Miller on the plane ride home from Key West. Just this week, a federal appeals court blocked the administration’s use of a wartime law to deport Venezuelan gang members, ruling there was no evidence they were engaged in a war against the United States.
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