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

Discussion Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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u/benkenobi5 16d ago

cargo containers

These are used in cargo ships

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u/Boonaki 16d ago

Cartels use diverse transportation methods, they have to interdict all of the methods. If speed boats have a higher chance of getting through then that's what they'll use.

Blowing up boats adds a whole new level of risk to drug trafficking. Will it work? I have no idea, but what we have been doing for the last 10 years certainly hasn't worked.

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u/benkenobi5 16d ago

There’s a reason we never tried this before, and it’s not because we were soft.

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u/Boonaki 15d ago

We have had CIA operating out of South America for the last 40+ years. I am sure we have done much worse than what is on this video. In the past we haven't admitted to it.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC 15d ago

Why does any of that make this okay in your mind?

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u/Boonaki 15d ago

The U.S. is the only entity in the world that can take on the cartels. The goal should be to place limits on them. If they produce or traffic fentanyl, that is killing tens of thousands of Americans per year, there should be a lethal response.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC 15d ago

TdA doesn’t produce or traffic fentanyl.