Posted on 01/28/2025 9:21:45 AM PST by Red Badger
chrisinoc wrote:
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Lee is talking about this on Benny Johnson’s show now.
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Good; Benny has connections...
bkmk
Yeah they have up-armored heavy trucks with .50s mounted on turrets, plus gun slits on both sides. Troops have RPGs and mortars
I do really like the idea of Congress issuing “letters of marque.” I would like to outfit a deep water speed boat with federal government authorized cannons, rockets, and .50 BMG.
It would make for a great deep sea fishing boat.
Now seriously, would those with letters of marque coordinate well with the US Coast Guard or the similar agencies of other nations? What happens when a privateer captures a boat load of drugs or arms? Do they turn it in for a reward to the US federal government? Do they get to tow the loot to a foreign port and sell it to the highest bidder?
There are some details that need to be worked out, but I still like the idea.
LOL
Learn something new every day.
If it weren’t for the help of a privateer, Andrew Jackson would have lost the Battle of New Orleans. Jean Lafitte - the scourge of the Gulf of America!
“Just because “it’s in the Constitution” only shows its unpractical nature makes it unnecessary to bother removing.”
Funny. Leftists say the exact same thing about the 2nd Amendment. And your sentence structure is abysmal.
Letters of Marque are still part of the Constitution. Therefore by definition they are legal.
I say we give them a try.
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That ship has already sailed. All that's missing is privateers and buccaneers pursuing them for fun and profit.
And Great Justice.
He’s getting old..................
I understand that it is an amoral ‘solution’, with so many negative possible consequences as to be insane.
If THIS is the solution to whatever problems the United States faces, then there is no need for a United States.
Yes, get former military involved, or something similar. Tell them they can keep 50% of the money seized, and any deaths incurred will be cremated at govt expense with no questions.
By most estimates, the Cartels have manpower of 175,000. The SEALS have zero chance of defeating such a large force. Private contractors even less so. The cartels would ruthlessly hunt them down. And I mean -ruthlessly-.
I’m talking a car bomb at McP’s Pub in Coronado. Family members kidnapped and beheaded. Cartels have mining engineering divisions. They have intelligence divisions that are extremely competent, young and techy.
No band of commandos is going to defeat them.
At best, they might snatch a leader here or there, blow something up, snipe someone. But they won’t make a dent without a heavy duty conventional force commitment.
Movies have badly skewed people’s ideas of what SOF can actually accomplish and what they are intended for.
And yeah, it is our problem even if they are private. The AO will NOT stay south of the border. You’ll see missiles shot at airliners here in America, assassinations, the families of these guys kidnapped and beheaded, etc.
Too much Call to Duty has made people very out of touch with reality. SOF would have a place in a cartel war, but only as a part of a conventional effort.
Barrett’s Privateers:
Enjoy the listen listen , especially if you are a Navy man or a sailor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w
“What constitutes a problem in your mind? Human trafficking?
Distributing poison that kills 100,000 or so people a year?
Firing on Border Patrol Agents? Kidnapping? Please give us your list.”
My Post 11 included the comment: “However, I would only consider using it (letters of marque) if the drug cartels become a problem.”
This was intended as my audition to write for the Bee. If I don’t get hired I’ve wasted some good material.
“By most estimates, the Cartels have manpower of 175,000.”
Round it to 200,000.
Chop off 20,000 of the top leaders. Undermine payments to the bottom 90 percent.
The problem starts to get more manageable.
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