By Matt Underwood US military says it conducted a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four men. Honestly, the headline itself is a bit of a shocker. It’s almost surprising it didn’t involve some location near Venezuela, considering the current geopolitical climate. It makes you wonder, are we just straight-up killing people now? It’s a question that hangs heavy in the air.
“Eastern Pacific” feels like a purposefully vague term, doesn’t it? It’s the right half of the Pacific Ocean, which, let’s be real, is a massive body of water. The headlines lately read like movie scripts, but the endings aren’t always so neat and tidy. The fact that the US military is so open about these actions, making press releases about it, makes you wonder if it is deliberate.
There’s a concerning lack of consequences here, isn’t there? No countries retaliating, no real accountability. It feels like they’re trying to wear us down, to desensitize us to this kind of news until it becomes just another everyday occurrence. The phrase “off the coast of Mexico” comes to mind. It’s a grim reality – the US acted as judge, jury, and executioner of unknown people at sea.
It is a scary thought, that we may have become the bad guys, as it were. Turning on our allies, sinking random boats… it’s a terrifying shift. The idea of the current regime’s actions, and the direction they are headed fills you with dread. It raises questions about our current global standing, our values, and the future we’re building.
The phrase “Eastern Pacific” may be a bit of a misdirection. The US is essentially carrying out actions we would immediately deem as war crimes if another country did the same. This is something that should be a career-ending scandal, but it is unlikely to elicit any real change. We are basically acting the part of a terrorist state.
It’s tempting to see the whole situation as a dark joke. The actual cartels are probably laughing at the situation. It feels like the administration is seeking an excuse, or hoping for one. We’re left to contemplate how much the US is spending to carry out these actions, and how it is affecting our relationships with other nations.
The comments on the leadership are also pretty stark, and it’s a scary thought that the person with control of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world seems to have a similar worldview to Putin and Xi. And what about the future that may be in store? This path might lead to a world of regional powers battling each other, which in history has never ended well.
The thought of an administration bombing a cruise ship, just because, is chilling. And how much does the public even know about these operations? It feels like we are losing perspective in our ability to distinguish right from wrong, and it seems like it will only continue.
It’s frustrating to know that there doesn’t seem to be any real opposition or checks and balances. The focus seems to be on maintaining a specific voter base. The current administration doesn’t even bother to hide their actions, and are basically stating that they’re doing exactly what they said they would do.
We’re left with the disturbing reality of a depoliticized population, and it makes you wonder what’s really happening. It boils down to one simple question: is it acceptable for the US military to just bomb random boats? It is as if we are at war. Are we even asking people to identify themselves? It’s a recipe for disaster. What will the results be, and what will they look like?