Granted, it is a few dozen bungled policies ago, but remember when we were blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean as part of the administration’s Operation Dude Bro antidrug strategy? Well, the results are in, and they are sadly predictable. From The Washington Post:

In a recent assessment reviewed by The Washington Post, DEA analysts found the strikes had failed to affect the supply or price of cocaine in the United States and had led traffickers to diversify beyond go-fast boats and to avoid international waters, opting instead for larger boats and hemming close to coastlines, where U.S. forces are less likely to open fire. In a closed-door briefing last month, Pentagon officials told lawmakers the strikes in international waters off South and Central America had not reduced its purity.

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    I mean the whole thing was optics anyway right?

    “Trump’s so tough on crime he launches missiles at it” kinda stuff. It’s stupid but his supporters think it makes their side strong. They’re even more about it if the “criminal” is brown.

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      2 months ago

      Conservative voters value aggression. The GOP knows this. That’s why this took place.

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        I don’t think you can whiff a thermal signature

        Edit: but your rage is justified reguardless

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          I grew up near an afb. Convenient target for rage since DC is all the fuckin way over there

          Edit: but sure, those boats were comin right at em