If the United States has been firing second missiles at the survivors of its own strikes, we are no longer debating policy. We are describing a nation committing the very acts it once prosecuted others for. We have become what we once condemned.
To kill people on Venezuelan boats and threaten a land war has little to do with drugs. The administration needs to stop playing politics against leaders they oppose at the expense of real drug issues killing Americans.
Service members are owed an understanding of the legal grounds on which their missions rest. In the wake of a tragic loss, this is especially important.