For all the furor over what is clearly a war crime, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean in the name of drug interdiction, it should be noted that these sorts of activities are in fact routine for elements of the US foreign policy and state security apparatuses.
From at least the Bush administration, and including the Obama years, so-called "Double Tap" strikes were routine. (Yes, I know, it's Matt Taibbi, who has gone f%$#ing nuts, but the point still stands)
This was where an attack was launched, and when first responders approached to provide aid, they were targeted as well.
Taibbi, as is his wont, makes his story (what I can read, I don't subscribe) about Democratic Party hypocrisy, but the bigger point, and one that he misses, is that the entire US polity, regardless of party, has been aggressively engaging and encouraging war crimes.
War crimes at the heart of American empire, regardless of who is office, and there will be payback.
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