It makes no sense to expend such a vast amount of resources on a few little boats hauling a few kilos of cocaine for European consumption when deadly Fentanyl is flooding into our country from Mexico, killing Americans by the thousands.
Sorry, I’m America First. Spend our tax dollars and resources on stopping the tsunami of deadly drugs killing our people and ruining our cities — and the tsunami isn’t emanating from Venezuela.
I hope Trump is just sabre rattling, that he’s hoping all those naval and air assets will somehow dislodge Maduro and won’t go so far as a land campaign to bring about the regime change he wants if the rattling doesn’t do the trick (and it’s doubtful it will).
I would argue for a dual approach. Seal the border from drugs coming in from Mexico. And destroy any narco boat on the high seas. Each will damage the cartel’s bottom line.
As far as the expense for the latter, it probably isn’t all that much. You’ve got to pay those servicemen whether they’re operating in the Caribbean or sitting in a port.
I will certainly agree with you about the saber rattling. Trump must avoid mission creep. Shooting up narco boats, good. American infantry in Caracas, bad.