Posted on 04/01/2020 4:16:24 PM PDT by Enlightened1
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the administration was launching an all out assault on Mexican drug cartels using the U.S. Military.
“As governments and nations focus on the Coronavirus, there is a growing threat that cartels, criminals, terrorists, and other malign actors will try to exploit the situation for their own gain and we must not let that happen,” Trump said. “We will never let that happen. Today the United States is launching enhanced counter narcotics operations in the western hemisphere to protect the American people from the deadly scourge of illegal narcotics.”
“We must not let the drug cartels exploit the pandemic to threaten American lives,” Trump continued. “In cooperation with the 22 partner nations, the U.S. Southern Command will increase surveillance, disruption, and seizures of drug shipments, and provide additional support for eradication efforts that are going on right now at a record pace.”
“We are deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircraft and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters and Air Force surveillance aircraft, doubling the capabilities in the region,” Trump continued. “Very importantly, our forces are fully equipped with personnel protective equipment, and we have taken additional safety measures to ensure that our troops remain healthy.”
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said, “Today at the president’s direction, the Department of Defense in close cooperation with our interagency partners began enhanced narcotics separations in eastern Pacific oceans and the Caribbean sea.”
“To conduct to the enhanced operations, the president has directed deployment of ships, aircraft and security forces to the United States Southern Command area of responsibility,” Esper continued. “Included in this force package are Navy destroyers and littoral combat ships, Coast Guard cutters, P8 control aircraft, and elements of an Army security force assistance brigade. These additional forces will nearly double our capacity to...
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Well if China had launched a bio weapon on the USA, then they would follow up with the next step.....
F#ck! Now, where are the Bolshies going get their money?
Great announcement, let’s all hand out the participation trophies!
That would seem simpler.
Many strategic drone strikes but the Mexican military must be ready to move in and clear it out for good
It would not surprise me to hear that Operation Just Cause II was under way, but this time in Venezuela.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama
The indictment of Maduro and his cabinet was just the first step. It’s coming.
Sounds like the Mike Maden, Tom Clancy novel, “Drone”...when I read it, I thought, why doesn’t PDJT do this?
Are we sure this isn’t an April Fool’s joke?
Mexico is a failed narco-state.
Are we saying we will invade?
No?
Then it isn’t “All Out”.
Shut down the money transfers and the folks will be coming out of the woodwork whining about this and that.
It is time to treat the illegals just like Americans (USA-types) would be treated in almost every South and Central American country.
I love this president.
I love this president.
Did you see the press conference with Espy, the Generals, etc. It’s not a joke.
Well,
This really Is
Interesting!
Thanks!
Perfect timing! Go, Mr. President! Git ‘em, boys!
Agreed. Cut of the cash, the f-tards die
Best to wait on this. Hildabeast is still walking around freely.
Not to mention a while back before Soleimani bought the farm, the US was on the lookout for a 5 person team of Hezbollah terrorists that had entered South America , headed for the US, and one of them, a female, is believed to be a suicide bomber.
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