A new, disturbing detail in the “drug boat” controversy that has enveloped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the past week calls the purpose of the entire operation into question.
According to an exclusive report from CNN, the alleged narco-trafficking boat that the U.S. military targeted on September 2 in a “double tap” strike, which killed 11 people, wasn’t even heading to the U.S.
Navy Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, who was in charge of the operation, reported to lawmakers that the boat they struck was actually en route to link up with a larger boat that was heading to Suriname, a country east of Venezuela, two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks said.
Bradley also said that it was still possible that the alleged drug shipment could have eventually ended up in the U.S., the sources told CNN—rather dubious justification for a strike that left several people dead.
Eh, not exactly. Sometimes, sure. If you don’t think that narco subs or boats exist though then what the hell are those? If you want to say there aren’t boats smuggling drugs then you need to explain a whole lot of shit out there.
Also, again, it doesn’t matter. It’s a lot easier to just not make this claim because it doesn’t change the legality. Youre going to be ignored like a whacko moon landing denier if you claim there aren’t drug smuggling boats, regardless of if these are or not (which they very much resemble them). You’ll seem a lot more reasonable if you just don’t touch that claim, which is a distraction, and argue that it’s illegal whether it’s a drug boat or not.
They never said there where not drug smuggling boats just that they where much bigger. And they’re probably right. Containers full of drugs brought in not little ass boats.
How do you explain the cargo in these boats, and also the pictures from previous interceptions of this kind of boat full of drugs? Is it all manufactured? That’s a hell of a lot of work for a long period of time with no one speaking out.