Trinidad PM Criticised for Endorsing US Military Attack

Trinidad PM criticised for endorsing US military attack

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar came under heavy fire from various quarters yesterday for her “kill them all violently” statement. Among those critical of the Prime Minister was Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles, who called on her to retract the statement which she made following a United States strike on alleged drug traffickers in a vessel the US claims left Venezuela on Tuesday. The article Trinidad PM criticised for endorsing US mili…

Tread carefully madam PM - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: If media reports are accurate, our prime minister would have congratulated the US for its military strike on a so-called drug vessel and would have told the US to, "kill them all violently." I understand where the prime minister is coming from. Drugs, especially cocaine which is mass produced on the South American continent, have been a global scourge for decades leading to untold suffering, crime, violence and death. Our country has…