Molly Charles-Reflections

  International waters have become the new arena to take pot shots with missiles on small boats that dare to ferry. According to Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, the current action of killing all those who ferry small boats allegedly carrying tons of drugs is within the law, he states “Our current operation in the Caribbean is lawful under both US and international law, with the law of military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command” [1].   Apparently either US President and Secretary of Defence have become delusional about legal matters or they think the world is delusional and will believe anything dished out of the oval office.   Just curious Mr. US. President and Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth:   1) If Global Index Score (2024) is to be believed the US is way ahead of Venezuela, US is ranked at 81 with score of 3.517 on a scale of 0 to 10. Venezuela only managed a score of 0.71 and is ranked 99. This has been the pattern for previous ye...

  For a President who keeps eyeing the Nobel Peace Prize as his most coveted trophy for now, the US President does find it difficult to curb his love for violence both in action and words. The most strategic expression of his passion is the renaming of Department of Defence to Department of War . But, then to be functional Department of War needs War to take action and satisfying that need is giving US President sleepless night, no one seems to appreciate his predicament. After using the expertise of US Military to bomb small fisher boats with fishermen to smithereens, the most powerful US tech military industry is busy sharpening their skills to address the greatest national household crime in Nigeria [1], the livestock theft. From total of 51.8 million household crimes, the largest share is that of livestock theft which accounts for 18% of total crime, followed by theft of crop which accounts for 15.8 percent and among the lowest is theft of motor vehicles which is around 0.6 p...