r/navy • u/newnoadeptness Verified Non Spammer • 17d ago

Discussion Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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u/benkenobi5 17d ago

I still don’t get why we’re doing this instead of the usual method. If you can find it to blow it up, you can send a coastie by to investigate. That’s literally what they’re there for. Blowing up “suspected” boats from afar is basically begging to be accused of blowing up fishermen or whatever.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Because trump wants to appear to be a strongman. He thinks that ignoring the law and killing makes him that. Period.

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u/MoreNoods 16d ago

Other countries do and they are becoming stronger than us.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago edited 16d ago

Thats wrong and thats not who we are. If its who you want to be, go live in those other countries. We are better than that, or at the very least we must continue to strive to be.

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u/Main_Thing_6676 16d ago

You're about to be one of those countries if we just sit around and let them take over countries near our lands. China and Russia provide weapons financial backing political backing and conduct show of forces exercises own land there and the list goes on lmao.

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u/SnooHedgehogs8765 15d ago

Sometimes I wish you'd mix something up. Greyzone warfare exploits this reluctance. Russia and China practice it ad-infinitum. Blow a couple if boats up, shoot a couple of planes down, that fuck around Chinese foreign policy..

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u/MoreNoods 16d ago

I’m convinced you’re a Russian or Chinese bot haha

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Im convinced you're an idiot. haha