Col#267- 12/11/25
IT’S MURDER
By
Richard Davis
The outrage never ends. Just when you hope Trump will be reined in and not be allowed to bolster his cred as dictator, he tells the world to go **** themselves. It seems like the worst possible situation is now unfolding in the Caribbean and Pacific as the U.S. military kills people wantonly.
The U.S. is killing what they believe are drug dealers, without proof. They are targeting boats that they think are carrying drugs. Why is no one in the international community outraged about this illegal activity? Where are the international organizations such as the International Criminal Court? Why is no one trying to stop Trump’s murderous rampage as he pushes the U.S. closer to a war with Venezuela? The whole situation makes me physically sick because I feel so helpless to stop the killing.
Even though it is like throwing a pebble in the Atlantic Ocean and expecting to cause a tsunami, I filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court. Anyone can file a complaint, although it will probably get lost somewhere before it gets to anyone who can do anything. At least I felt like I was doing something, even though it will have no effect other than to ease my guilt a little as an American citizen.
Here is the text of what I wrote in the complaint. “Since September 2, 2025 the United States military has been targeting boats in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans that they allege, without proof, are carrying illegal drugs to be sold in the United States. The boats and all inhabitants of those boats have all been destroyed and killed. These actions are in violation of a number of crimes as described in Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statutes. The Article 8 war crimes include: willful killing, willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, extensive destruction and appropriation of property not justified by military necessity and carried out willfully and wantonly, intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking part in hostilities, intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects, that is, objects which are not military objectives, intentionally launching an attack in knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects and murder as described in Article 7 of the Rome Statutes.”
“ As a citizen of the United States I am appalled at the actions of my government which, I believe, is guilty of murder. There is no military action related to their activities in this case. I hope that the ICC can fully investigate this situation as soon as possible and find a way to stop the United States from its murderous acts. The international community needs to stop the United States action in this case before a precedent is set. Without pressure from the international community the Trump administration will interpret the lack of censure as implicit support of its actions in the Caribbean and Pacific.”
Such a complaint to the ICC might be effective if a few million Americans do the same. That might create enough pressure to put Trump on trial before the international community. Short of that, he will continue to get away with murder and quicken his march to Venezuela where he will cause thousands of Venezuelans to lose their lives.
When will this madness end?
