At-Sea Narcoterrorism War Faces Legal and Moral Scrutiny

Defector reports that three recent U.S. sea strikes killed at least eight people and stranded six more, bringing fatalities to 215 in Operation Southern Spear. It notes a lack of public evidence that boats carried drugs and highlights White House claims that the dead are combatants in a narcoterrorism campaign, while arguing the strikes may violate international and U.S. law and reflect a bipartisan expansion of the war on drugs and terrorism both abroad and at home.