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Military Strike on a Venezuelan Boat in International Waters: This Was WILDLY ILLEGAL
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September 5, 2025
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6:46Now PlayingMilitary Strike on a Venezuelan Boat in International Waters: This Was WILDLY ILLEGAL
Hawk talks about the Trump administration’s decision to blow up a Venezuelan boat in international waters, raising serious questions about legality, due process, and U.S. law. Hawk focuses on how federal trial courts and appellate courts have attempted to uphold legal standards, while the Supreme Court has largely allowed executive overreach.
Hawk details how the Trump administration declared the boat a “drug vessel” connected to Venezuelan gangs and labeled it as a terrorist-linked operation. But no evidence has been presented to confirm there were drugs, gang members, or any valid intelligence behind the strike. The video footage of the incident shows an open boat, not designed for long-range smuggling, and certainly not for a 2,000-mile journey to the United States.
According to Hawk, U.S. law requires interdiction, detention, and trial—not summary execution. Yet this strike bypassed established legal procedures, raising the question of who, if anyone, is capable of checking the president’s power when Congress, the Supreme Court, and the executive branch itself appear unwilling.
Hawk explores what this precedent means for democracy, international law, and anyone who could be wrongly targeted under vague declarations of “terrorism” or “emergency powers.”
This discussion highlights the dangerous consequences of unchecked authority and what it means for U.S. foreign policy, democracy, and the rule of law.
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