Posted on 10/24/2025 11:13:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.
The Gerald R. Ford strike group and its associated air wing are being sent to “dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism,” Pentagon Press Secretary Sean Parnell said in a statement posted on X.
The Ford group docked near the harbor of Split, Croatia on October 21. That would leave the ships more than 5,000 miles from the Caribbean, meaning it would take days for the group to be in position to launch any strikes.
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GREAT!
Oh that mean, nasty Trump. Always with the pressure. He thinks he’s the king of the world, doesn’t he? How is Venezuela going to make any money if they can’t supply America’s drug pushers with product? What else are they going to do, right?
Rand Paul just wet himself.
I think something more solid was involved.
Suspect the DEA has clearly identified the exact locations of the drug processing plants within Columbia and Venezuela. They need to be destroyed. Suspect the drug lords will not allow the women and their children who labor there to leave the premises and serve as human deterents to massive definitive strikes.
Oh noes! Think of the innocent criminal drug mules!
C’mon man!!
gunboat diplomacy
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