[John Jorsett]

The cutter Bertholf — 418 feet from stem to stern — is set to patrol the Pacific from California to Ecuador — a patch of ocean as large as the United States.

I always thought the coast they were guarding was the US, not Central and South America's.

[Cementjungle]

I always thought the coast they were guarding was the US, not Central and South America's.

We're still in a "the only threat to the US is drugs" kind of mindset.