Declaration of war on drug lords..

[JimmyD3]

If you’re fighting drugs, why are we hitting the weakest country in it?
Why are they not in Mexico and Columbia?
Why are we hitting the little guy instead of the manufactures of it?

IMO, Because they are probably scared of the real cartels. Little boys with plastic army men.

This is all show and we have zero evidence they actually had drugs. Most don’t fill a boat with people it usually 2 guys actually running it.

Its like going after Canada with tariffs as a big drug source when they only do .1% - .3%, its not even 1%. Real reason? They don’t like the idiot.
Americans make more than Canada sends over.

It probably cost $500k-$1m for each boat with no proof.

Basically it looks more like murder for a stage show, propaganda snuff films.

The Navy picked up two wounded and alive out of the water, so there is someone who can verify what they were doing.

This about not liking the new leaders and this is harassment and propaganda thats failing.
Same thing as tariffs on Brazil because his guy didn’t win in a coup.

Not buyng it.

When Fox News runs your country.

Now ANNOUNCING (superior idiocy) to send CIA in. How stupid can one possibly get, now they have a welcoming party waiting for them. I cannot compute this stupidity

What was done in the past has been an unmitigated failure, time to up the game.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I'm all for dealing harshly with the cartels, narco terrorists, etc. Honestly, the U.S. is pretty tame with regards to drug smuggling compared to many nations. And I'm not sure that's really a good thing.

I'm not a fan of "regime change", as far as it goes. The results are rarely, if ever, satisfactory.

Sadly, we've allowed our justice system and our prison system to become horrifically dysfunctional and corrupt.

And if you look carefully at the entirety of the situation, it's rare that you find "decriminalization" has been a real improvement.

Again, the real problem is how far culture and society have fallen as a whole.

[AKKuya]

And exactly how is it you plan to modify human brains? Also, what other behaviors and attitudes do you intend to modify? What about side effects?

That's for the medical science community.

[Meatwad]

Put it into a "vaccine" and claim its needed for the new  " disease"

[Dadtallica]

The rule of law should apply no matter what… no matter who… no matter when.. no matter… no matter why.

[Eagler]

The rule of law should apply no matter what… no matter who… no matter when.. no matter… no matter why.

War is hell...

If we have declared them enemies of the ppl, everything is on the table..

Should have done this years ago way b4 the illegal drug trade became so bad...

I would have started by napalming the coca fields and the jungle processing labs...

Makes one think they never really wanted to win the "war on drugs"..



Eagler

[uptown]

So, there current policy is to produce domestic oil and sell it. So what does Venezualan oil do to further that?

It keeps Venezuela from selling it to China and Russia. Get Manduro out and our puppet in, insures the US controls all the major oil reserves in the southern hemisphere. In a time of global unrest, it's sound policy.....think Monroe Doctrine. All this drug stuff is smoke and mirrors. The real goal is the oil.

Russia and China's support is about the oil and not the drugs. The cartels are the perfect excuse to get our foot in the door. It's a brilliant plan really. 

[Eagler]

Wouldn't be the 1st time...

Seems to have worked out well in Ukraine..

Uptown is correct,  it's about all of it including keeping the US dollar $$ relevant..the next QE should be a soon..

Eagler

[Dadtallica]

War is hell...

If we have declared them enemies of the ppl, everything is on the table..

Should have done this years ago way b4 the illegal drug trade became so bad...

I would have started by napalming the coca fields and the jungle processing labs...

Makes one think they never really wanted to win the "war on drugs"..



Eagler

That’s not how laws work… or how the laws of war work unless you’re a Neanderthal. Look its current application and apply your same logic to other things less peril… or so perceived or not.

Follow?

[FLOOB]

Meanwhile the over-the-counter opioid Kratom is a billion dollar business in America and the population of opioid dependent Americans is ballooning.

[Widewing]

I have two devices on the Hellfire II. One is in the ESAF system, the other is an impact sensor in the fuze that triggers the explosive train (warhead goes boom). I designed both about 14 years ago. Obviously, these function as advertised. Likewise for SDB II, JASM, JDAM, and just about everything else in the inventory. 

As to clobbering the drug boats? Terrorists don't get trials. They have no Constitutional rights to recognize. Even if captured, they would end up in GTMO's Camp Echo.

What amazes me is that the Cartel can still find suckers to run the boats. With long range drones and satellite coverage, nothing trying to sneak out of Venezuela waters goes unseen.

Clearly, this violent interdiction serves another purpose. Apart from denying the Cartels their income, it puts massive pressure on the regime. If that pressure from the Cartels induces Maduro to order military action, his Air Force will evaporate in a few hours. His air defense system will be crushed. His Navy will be demolished, even if they never leave port. With no ability to project military power, his own military will become his greatest threat.

Trump is not shy to employ some Theodore Roosevelt gunboat diplomacy and enforce the Monroe Doctrine.

[AKKuya]

Hitting boats is the very tip of the iceberg.  The majority of drugs enter overland and are tunneled under the border.  Air shipments still make a large percentage.

The real issue is why publicly destroy boats?  The corrupt officials make deals with the cartels to allow large amounts of drugs to enter at the expense of publicly captured shipments to make the citizens think the war on drugs is winning.

It's a distraction.

You get Congress to declare war on drug cartels worldwide, then real progress can be made.  They become military targets like the terrorists.  Spec Ops and support destroy the cartels, and translation teams cover the areas with "America will destroy you, making drugs and shipping drugs."

Either hands off or go full on.