As a reader with a few friends in the state of Washington, I am grateful that the cartel plan to wipe out the population of Seattle and Tacoma like a neutron bomb was unsuccessful. As was their diabolical scheme to assassinate all the students at LSU and the other two universities.
Those "relatable" crime stats crack me up. Maybe they should try some less relatable ones. "We interdicted [more syllables = higher bonuses] enough fentanyl on one Sinaloa submarine to kill every Presbyterian in the Dallas metro area, plus half of Chick-Fil-A customers in the Twin Cities region, plus 10% of people who still subscribe to TV Guide because the internet is dangerous."
Too many of my fellow libertarians are still yammering about how the war on drugs always fails, but Trump has the right idea: Not only defunding cartels' war chests, but draining them so fast that they become risk-averse and resort to desperate measures; which of course will justify a more forceful intervention. I'm no warmonger, but enough is enough. I feel bad for the citizens of Mexico, as well as our own, who have to live in constant fear now that cartels act like the new de facto rule of law.
Same with Maduro and his captive citizens: Fentanyl weaponization against the US is combined with the urgency of elbowing out CCP-backed petroleum interests in the Stabroek oil field which Venezuela shares with Guyana. Let China suffer the consequences of their proxy warfare. They don't have the temerity to risk a hot conflict with us over Venezuela, I'd wager, with their house in such current disarray. I guess we'll find out soon enough. They backed down on the Panama Canal pretty quick, and their position is even more precarious now.
As a reader with a few friends in the state of Washington, I am grateful that the cartel plan to wipe out the population of Seattle and Tacoma like a neutron bomb was unsuccessful. As was their diabolical scheme to assassinate all the students at LSU and the other two universities.
Those "relatable" crime stats crack me up. Maybe they should try some less relatable ones. "We interdicted [more syllables = higher bonuses] enough fentanyl on one Sinaloa submarine to kill every Presbyterian in the Dallas metro area, plus half of Chick-Fil-A customers in the Twin Cities region, plus 10% of people who still subscribe to TV Guide because the internet is dangerous."
Too many of my fellow libertarians are still yammering about how the war on drugs always fails, but Trump has the right idea: Not only defunding cartels' war chests, but draining them so fast that they become risk-averse and resort to desperate measures; which of course will justify a more forceful intervention. I'm no warmonger, but enough is enough. I feel bad for the citizens of Mexico, as well as our own, who have to live in constant fear now that cartels act like the new de facto rule of law.
Same with Maduro and his captive citizens: Fentanyl weaponization against the US is combined with the urgency of elbowing out CCP-backed petroleum interests in the Stabroek oil field which Venezuela shares with Guyana. Let China suffer the consequences of their proxy warfare. They don't have the temerity to risk a hot conflict with us over Venezuela, I'd wager, with their house in such current disarray. I guess we'll find out soon enough. They backed down on the Panama Canal pretty quick, and their position is even more precarious now.
LOL. Yes, the hyperbole is noted.
In any case, August 2025 is shaping up to be a bad month for the cartel that "El Mayo" co-founded.
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