Posted on 10/27/2025 6:43:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When a vessel is destroyed by airstrike or naval gunfire, there’s:
- No boarding
- No forensic collection
- No chain of custody
- That means no recovered narcotics, no photos of cargo, no crew interrogation — just pre-strike intelligence.
You can’t show what you didn’t seize. Destruction precludes documentation.
Which means they’re telling, TRUST US, WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING.
The problem “Trust us” is not a doctrine; it’s a placeholder for missing legitimacy. When lethal force is used without transparency, we’re not just risking moral erosion — we’re undermining the very systems we claim to defend.
Assuming that the military rules out interdicting the boat ( which I disagree with ), we need Classified briefings to Congress: Even if public disclosure risks operational exposure, elected representatives must be looped in. A bipartisan panel or inspector general could validate the intelligence without compromising sources. After operations, sanitized summaries can be released — showing patterns, affiliations, and rationale.
“Trust us” is not a strategy. It’s a stall. If the record of our intelligence is anything, it does not show us that blind trust is warranted.
RE: How about tracking the boats to their destination, confirming the delivery and cargo that was delivered, holding an immediate mass trial and killing all of them? Are we to object to dead drug traffickers?
You’re being facetious here, I presume.
So you see, our Navy and Coast Guard are using every bit of their ability to stop drug smuggling into our country. If some really bad individuals are deep sixed in the process, so be it.
So, those receiving the deliveries get a pass?
I have long maintained that all drug dealers and traffickers, from Kingpin to street level should be executed. You are free, of course, to disagree.
Those blue barrels will do for a start.
L
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