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BumRushDaShow

(169,712 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:35 AM Mar 4

US launches military operations in Ecuador

Source: Politico

03/03/2026 10:50 PM EST


U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against “designated terrorist organizations” inside the South American country, Southern Command said Tuesday.

The military released no details on the operations but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region.

“We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country,” said Marine Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command.

Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. has taken aggressive steps to curb the flow of drugs from the Southern hemisphere. The administration has conducted about 45 strikes against suspected smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, killing more than 150 people.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/us-military-operations-ecuador-00811272

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US launches military operations in Ecuador (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 4 OP
This is an odd operation Pachamama Mar 4 #1
And how is the helping the American people? Enough of the wars. walkingman Mar 4 #2
They get off on it. They love killing and death. ananda Mar 4 #10
WTF????? lark Mar 4 #3
Didn't shithole say as a campaign promise that the USA will not............... Lovie777 Mar 4 #4
More murders. Pretending it's because of drugs again. travelingthrulife Mar 4 #5
While we are preoccupied in Venezuela, Iran, Ecuador and planning on invading Cuba, wouldn't doc03 Mar 4 #6
General Mark Hertling was displacedvermoter Mar 4 #7
Operation Epstein Fury 2.0 RainCaster Mar 4 #8
They needed a distraction from the horrendous Iran distraction BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #9
WTF?!! milestogo Mar 4 #11
Don't worry everyone!!!! Multichromatic Mar 4 #12
This right here is bonkers angrychair Mar 4 #13
... Solly Mack Mar 4 #14
Malcolm Nance said it best mysteryowl Mar 4 #15
HOw many countries before the military stops following orders? When do these orders become illegal? Amaryllis Mar 4 #16
Hegseth sounded like a 12 year old describing a video game this morning. OGBuzz Mar 4 #18
Six year olds playing army with toy soldiers. except I've known six year old with far more sensitivity and ethics. Amaryllis Mar 4 #21
What's next? llmart Mar 4 #17
Ecuador Strikes gfarber Mar 4 #19
This is probably another one about the oil LT Barclay Mar 4 #20
At this rate we may have to reinstate the draft question everything Mar 4 #22

lark

(26,080 posts)
3. WTF?????
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:45 AM
Mar 4

Seriously WTF is he doing, looks like he just thinks he rules the world (alongside Vlad and bibi - of course).

Lovie777

(22,961 posts)
4. Didn't shithole say as a campaign promise that the USA will not...............
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:45 AM
Mar 4

be the police force in the world.

Another lie, but the scary part, shithole/RWers want to rule the world.

travelingthrulife

(5,179 posts)
5. More murders. Pretending it's because of drugs again.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:46 AM
Mar 4

This is such a disaster.

All on your heads Republicans.

doc03

(39,085 posts)
6. While we are preoccupied in Venezuela, Iran, Ecuador and planning on invading Cuba, wouldn't
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:52 AM
Mar 4

this be the perfect time for China to move on Taiwan.

displacedvermoter

(4,491 posts)
7. General Mark Hertling was
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:56 AM
Mar 4

confident that the professional military traditions and esprit de corps would check Trump's excesses. Glenn Kirschner was confident that the professionalism of career DOJ and FBI personnel would check Trump's excesses. Joe Scarborough was confident that Congress, jealous of its powers and traditions, would check Trump's excesses.

I guess they couldn't all be wrong, could they?

Multichromatic

(147 posts)
12. Don't worry everyone!!!!
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 12:07 PM
Mar 4

We don't need any help starting WWIII we can do it all on our own. USA! USA! USA!

angrychair

(12,278 posts)
13. This right here is bonkers
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 12:15 PM
Mar 4

We are literally in the build up to WWIII and we are off picking fights of choice in other countries?!?!

One has to ask if they are doing this on purpose to destroy this country.

WE. ARE. IN. SERIOUS. FUCKING. TROUBLE.

Amaryllis

(11,285 posts)
16. HOw many countries before the military stops following orders? When do these orders become illegal?
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:22 PM
Mar 4

OGBuzz

(314 posts)
18. Hegseth sounded like a 12 year old describing a video game this morning.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:31 PM
Mar 4

He's really getting off on all the death and destruction. I suspect that Trump is too, and the rest of the MAGAt cult.

Amaryllis

(11,285 posts)
21. Six year olds playing army with toy soldiers. except I've known six year old with far more sensitivity and ethics.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:26 PM
Mar 4

llmart

(17,614 posts)
17. What's next?
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:23 PM
Mar 4

Liechtenstein? Yeah, let's do them. Where is it again? I hear they have drugs there.

Makes about as much sense as this deranged idiot's decisions.

 

gfarber

(278 posts)
19. Ecuador Strikes
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:24 PM
Mar 4


There once was a Tuesday so grim,
With primaries looking quite dim,
But instead of vote counts
Or Trump’s loud mounts,
A raid reel was ready to spin.

A chopper at dawn took to sky,
With soldiers and rotor wash cry,
What mission? Unclear.
Was it victory? Mere
Thirty seconds of “don’t ask us why.”

The Command said, “Decisive!” and bold,
Of narco-terrorists wicked and cold,
Classified deeds,
And partnership creeds—
With objectives conveniently untold.

They toasted Ecuador’s might,
For courage and valor in fight,
While critics at home
Said ethics had flown
Far off in the dead of the night.

A hundred-plus boats met their fate,
In strikes that were labeled “too late,”
No proof in the file,
Just targets by mile—
And lawyers cried, “That’s not the state!”

“Extrajudicial,” they said,
“Civilians can’t lawfully be dead
For crimes they might do,
Or suspicions untrue”—
But the highlight reel rolled on ahead.

Four billion lined pockets with ease,
While speeches invoked overseas
The terror and vice—
A rhetorical spice
That dripped with imperial sleaze.

A comic imagined a sign:
“Enlist for a faraway line—
For paranoid thirst
Put your body in first!”
And wondered who’d finally resign.

© 2026 Glen Farber. All Rights Reserved.

LT Barclay

(3,180 posts)
20. This is probably another one about the oil
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:25 PM
Mar 4

Oil companies have been trying to run pipelines through indigenous lands in the Andes.
In Trump-speak indigenous groups standing against pipelines would be “terrorists”

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