Kolumbiens Präsident greift den „Barbaren“ Trump wegen Bootsangriffen an

Intelligence “is not for killing,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro told NBC News in a wide-ranging interview Wednesday, explaining his decision to stop sharing information with the United States in opposition to lethal strikes on boats allegedly carrying illegal drugs.

Describing President Donald Trump as a “barbarian” who “wants to frighten us,” Petro, a former Marxist revolutionary and one of the few international leaders willing to openly criticize his American counterpart, called the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean “undoubtedly an aggression against Latin America.”

Colombia would not “pass on the information because we would be collaborating with a crime against humanity,” he told NBC News at the presidential palace in Bogota, reiterating a decision announced earlier this week.

Acknowledging “the most key thing is intelligence” in combating the drug trade, he added, “The more we coordinate intelligence, the better. That is what I have been doing. But intelligence is not for killing.”

I completely agree with his sentiment. I feel like killing a few people in boats is stupid and a distraction from more important things. It’s also a bad trade financially. We are spending how much taxpayer money for the amount of drugs a speed boat can carry (taking the government at its word). A lot of our issues in America are food related (I think a lot of mental health is tied to that). Go for that. Drug demand will go down. The only thing I dont agree with is that intelligence isn’t for killing. That’s like the main purpose of covert intelligence, just in general.