What is the advantage of having spectres if we have not the desire to use them? No amount of technical ability or equipment can put a dent in this thing if the authority controlling that ability and equipment is sympathetic to the goals of the enemy or even outright allied with them.
The current resident of the White Hut may be afraid to deal with them, but the next one won’t. I suspect that at some point the drug cartels will be named as terrorist organizations a new ballgame will begin.
People are getting fed up with this.