[SeekAndFind]

What we are witnessing is a form of what is called “Asymmetrical Warfare.” That occurs when a country or group employs surreptitious means to weaken a potential adversary. To understand this, consider that, on December 7, 1941, the United States sustained the loss of over 2,400 dead, a moment that sparked its entry into what became WWII. During the entire course of the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1964 to 1975, almost 60,000 Americans died. Most recently, on September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans were killed, which resulted in twenty years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[SeekAndFind]

What I’d like to know is this — What Evidence has been shown by the US Navy that the boats from Venezuela that have been blown up are carrying narcotics other than the testimony of US Intelligence?

[tired&retired]

It’s China’s Opium Wars in reverse.

[tired&retired]

Too bad Trump wants the publicity of showing the videos.

Otherwise, it never happened!

[null and void]

It's not a war until congress says it's a war.

With this congress, we're doomed...

[ClearCase_guy]

Nixon declared War On Drugs in 1971.
But we have never been serious about it. Never fought it as if it were a war.

Now Trump is serious about it.
Maybe he’s not precisely fighting it like it were a war (no congressional declaration) but [shrug] that just continues a 50 year old precedent.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

When only one side is attacking.

For example when Gaza shoots rockets into Israel daily it is business as usual, when Israel shoots back it is war.

When North Korea attacks boats in South Korean waters it is not a war.

When Saddam was shooting at American planes it was not war.

When the USSR was kidnapping American Service men it was not war.

When Mexican military are shooting at American BP it is also not war.

When Chinese military cross into India and shoot their military officers it is not a war unless India shoots back.

Would you like more examples?

The barbarians are always free to do what they want and it is not war. It is only when the more or less civilized actually respond that the pink pantie brigade starts sobbing into their delicate lace hankies about the "horrible war".