The new pirates of the Caribbean

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/28/boat-strikes-piracy-illegal-hegseth/

Attacks against alleged drug boats are lawless.

There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs.

Trump hasn’t bothered seeking Congress’s approval for these attacks, probably because a majority wouldn’t approve of the intentional killing of noncombatants. The made-for-social-media boat explosions will likely continue, but they should be called what they are.