re: Cocaine Inflation Erupts After U.S. Strikes On Caribbean Drug Boats

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Only under the most extreme interpretation of the WOT statutes, and the WOT statutes alone are terrible.

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so was I, but that is not what I said. I said they have the right to do so. Not that the overall laws arent terrible

and frankly they arent that terrible outside the country in a vacuum, its the abuse of them to enrich the defense industry that makes them bad which is not happening here

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I've been against the WOD and WOT for 20 years on here without change.

Others have rotated between being for/against the 2 over that 20 years. In Trump admin 1, we were against the WOT and largely against the WOD. In Trump 2 there has been a 180.

This policy is combining the two into a Frankenstein's monster of government expansion.

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I am against both but the cartels have become a huge issue and frankly it is terrorism.

sure you are correct that the bigger problem is demand rather than supply but in the end, the cartels have been acting like a terror org, period

and on top of that.....that has nothing to fricking do with what i said and why i said you were being a douche

at this point, drugs are illegal, period. The federal gov has the right to stop the flow and has the right to stop terrorism orgs from making money. This is that


you can bitch about the laws if you want. My main problem is the surveillance of US citizens and the abuse in this country and the use of these statues to enrich their friends in the MIC. this is not the case here


frick if being honest, this is one of the most legit uses of those statues and if they go after the cartels in Mexico...it would be too.

As much blow that flows into the united states i find it hard to believe that a couple of strikes to boats cause a surge of 45% in blow prices.
THIS IS PRICE GOUGING AND SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ASAP!!!

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I said they have the right to do so. Not that the overall laws arent terrible

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Their "right" to do so is based is an extreme interpretation of those terrible laws. And it ultimately may not even be a lawful interpretation.

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they arent that terrible outside the country in a vacuum,

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a. meh

b. They aren't used only outside of the country. That's the larger point. Same shite with the WOD. Ultimately that creep becomes standardized into our every day lives. Again, we learned this decades ago. I don't understand why this is such a controversial topic today. Are y'all just not thinking of how this precedent will ultimately creep into domestic policies/government action?

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but the cartels have become a huge issue

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The cartels have been around for decades in effectively the same form, with some shifting in terms of violence/organization. There's a spectrum but they aren't acting in any way outside of the normal historical spectrum.

Would the world be better without cartels? Sure

Is the medicine worse than the sickness? Definitely. Again, this is a lesson we have already learned a long time ago.

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My main problem is the surveillance of US citizens and the abuse in this country and the use of these statues to enrich their friends in the MIC. this is not the case here

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*yet

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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terry Cole told CBS News that President Trump's military strikes on suspected drug-running vessels in the Caribbean have helped drive a sharp increase in cocaine prices.

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"Cocaine is getting more expensive!!".... (DEA) Administrator Terry Cole told CBS News

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Somewhere Nancy ("Mommy") Reagan is smiling. The "War on Drugs" is re-booted!

And of course if we're playing a real life 'Jungle Strike' game and launching missiles at drug-running boats loaded with coke, we may as well "MISSION COMPLETE!" the rest of the game stages, right?

Let's also threaten a hit on President Maduro; take over the Venezuelan coke operation ourselves, then the banks, oil operations and businesses. Well also need to install the usual puppet regime. (same plan and monopoly takeoever the shadow global overlords have executed since the Dutch and British East India Company opium days.)

Cocaine isn’t nearly as dangerous as fentanyl from any perspective.

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-Roger, probably

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hey, youre safe dude. they removed all the cocaine and youre no longer tempted.

Any person that defends drug dealers that are killing 100,000 Americans a year is not an American. You need to move your arse to South America and captain a drug boat

I’ve never done drugs (other than alcohol) one time in my life. I have no temptation there.

Appreciate it.

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Two people in my circle of friends died in the early 2000s from a Cocaine OD

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Hint: It wasnt the fault of some dude in Venezuela. It was your own dumbass friends fault.

You pretend they are victims..They were the problem.

CNN headline.

“Cocaine costs exploded under Trump and how it hurts the middle class ”.