OPINION: Is Pentagon firepower an effective and lawful path to a drug-free America?
Donald Trump released a video Sept. 2, showing a boat being blown up in international waters about 2,000 miles from America’s shores. Trump claimed the boat contained a massive amount of drugs that its 11 occupants were transporting to the U.S. No evidence has yet surfaced that his contentions were truthful.
Trump said the attack was a clear message to drug lords to stop sending drugs to poison our people. MAGA minions began echoing that same theme. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said: “If you traffic drugs toward our shores, the United States military will use every tool at our disposal to stop you cold.” Parnell failed to mention that the boat had turned around and was headed back to shore when it was destroyed. JD Vance chimed in: “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.” Like many American veterans, I have always believed that defending America against vicious dictatorships, like Vladimir Putin's Russia and Xi Jinping’s China, was the military’s highest and best use.
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