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US Tells Expanding Anti-Drug Coalition Not to Recognize ICC

Are boat strikes extrajudicial killings masking a power grab or America First justice holding cartels accountable?

AUG 13·Updated AUG 14

US Tells Expanding Anti-Drug Coalition Not to Recognize ICC

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Above: Pete Hegseth speaks during a forum of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition in Panama City on Aug. 12. Image credit: Daniel De Carteret/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

These boat strikes are extrajudicial killings under the name of counter-narcotics policy — the boats have nothing to do with the fentanyl actually driving overdose deaths, since that comes via land routes and Mexican labs. Blowing up small boats while bragging about it on social media is a demonstration of raw executive power, not a real drug strategy. Washington is just building a legal cover story to justify killing without trial.

Andrew Keen on X Common Dreams

Pro-establishment narrative

Taking out cartel operatives and terrorists in the hemisphere is exactly what defending the homeland looks like, and no globalist court gets to second-guess that. The ICC has never once held a cartel boss or communist dictator accountable, yet somehow wants jurisdiction over the troops actually doing something about it. This is America First policy in action, and taking back the hemisphere means real accountability instead of empty international theater.

JayTC53 on X ScanX