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Man the only thing us having this discussion proves is that you're either putting a whole lot of effort into justifying US intervention for a self professed leftist or see this conversation as something to win. The "crime" here is regime change in Venezuela for a shitton of oil and we're here arguing about the plausibility of some set dressing for the manufacture of consent. Check out this factory fresh drug smuggling boat. Definitely not a rich man's sportfishing plaything, purpose built by brown commie narcoterrorists to destroy our freedom
That's not what they looked like. Here's some of these boats:
Notice it's not really built for comfort. There's no cover for the pilot or passengers, and there's a large cargo area. It's very different than what a civilian boat looks like.
Anyway, I don't know how many times I have to say this. It being a drug boat or not doesn't make it legal to destroy. It doesn't justify anything whether it's a drug boat or not. It's just a lot easier to convince people of the right thing if you don't start from crazy conspiracies. There are drugs being smuggled. This isn't a secret. Arguing that there aren't drugs being smuggled makes you sound equally as reasonable as someone saying that aliens actually blew up those boats. There's a lot of evidence to the contrary that needs to be explained.