{"id":3245,"date":"2025-10-25T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/scott-taylor-is-canada-complicit-in-u-s-military-crimes\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:09","slug":"scott-taylor-is-canada-complicit-in-u-s-military-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/scott-taylor-is-canada-complicit-in-u-s-military-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Taylor: Is Canada complicit in U.S. military crimes?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Article contentAccording to the Department of National Defence, the RCN warships and RCAF aircraft locate and track vessels of interest, at which point U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement teams then approach and intercept them.Article contentThe area being monitored covers the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Canada also allows U.S. Coast Guard teams to operate from Canadian warships.Article contentSince the outset of Operation Caribbe, the Canadian military claims to have contributed to the disruption or seizure of more than 123 tonnes of cocaine.Article contentWhile Operation Caribbeis a multi-national mission under the overall command of the U.S. Coast Guard, the recent attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at Department of National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.Article content\u201cThe Canadian Armed Forces does not participate in any U.S.-led counter-narcotic operations outside of Operation Caribbe,\u201d DND spokesperson Cheryl Forrest confirmed to the Ottawa Citizen.Article contentArticle content\u201cAt this time, there are no planned changes to our current Operation Caribbe engagements.\u201dArticle contentForrest further clarified that CAF activities under Operation Caribbe \u201care separate and distinct\u201d from the U.S. military strikes alleged against the Venezuelan drug cartel boats.Article contentHowever, not all Canadian military analysts are comfortable with that policy.Article contentTim Addison, director of naval affairs for the Naval Association of Canada (NAC), told the CBC that he understands the distinction the department is trying to make, but it\u2019s not enough to alleviate his concerns about the U.S. Navy\u2019s recent deadly strikes and where the U.S. could go from here.Article content\u201cWere they illegal?\u201d Addison remarked on CBC. \u201cShould Canada continue to contribute to Operation Caribbe if in fact it seems to be going down the path towards illegal operations?\u201dArticle contentThe NAC is a volunteer national group of retired and serving naval personnel who advocate for the RCN. The NAC does not generally publicly comment on such policy issues.Article contentArticle contentHowever, given the sensitivity of this development and the potential negative consequences for Canada, Addison felt it was time to raise the NAC\u2019s concerns.Article content\u201cThis involves the law of armed conflict and the rules of waging war between two states,\u201d he said.Article contentFor his part, Trump has hinted that the next move will be for the U.S. military to start engaging the drug cartels inside Venezuelan territory. That would mean war.Article contentIf the Canadian government is too afraid to talk Trump out of this fool\u2019s errand, then we should definitely cut all ties to such an escalation. This would include suspending our long-standing commitment to Operation Caribbe.Article contentIf you cannot get the cart keys away from your drunk neighbour, you sure as hell don\u2019t climb into the car with him.Article content<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Taylor: Is Canada complicit in U.S. military crimes? Article contentAccording to the Department of National Defence, the RCN warships and RCAF aircraft locate and track vessels of interest, at which point U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement teams then approach and intercept them.Article contentThe area being monitored covers the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":3246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,590,1],"tags":[116,589],"class_list":["post-3245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-newfoundland-and-labrador","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}