Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I didn't lie about anything. And I'm pointing out that there's maybe 20-25% of members of Congress - on a good day - who agree with your opinion.
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Drug Boat Strike
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Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
It's an approximation...
When the Senate was appraised of Trump's MUF on TCOs, did they vote to stop him? No they did not.
That's because all of the strategic documents supporting the operation were generated at the request of the Biden adminstration. And the people in the Senate who read those reports don't give two shits who the President is (in private), they just act on TV.
Congress overwhelmingly approves of the President's actions.
No one is going to be charged with war crimes because no war crimes were committed.
When the Senate was appraised of Trump's MUF on TCOs, did they vote to stop him? No they did not.
That's because all of the strategic documents supporting the operation were generated at the request of the Biden adminstration. And the people in the Senate who read those reports don't give two shits who the President is (in private), they just act on TV.
Congress overwhelmingly approves of the President's actions.
No one is going to be charged with war crimes because no war crimes were committed.
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They did vote to stop it and it failed 48-51. I think you would find life a lot easier if you understood the fact that things exist even if you're unaware of them. It would probably save you from wasting time on all these approximations you seem to be making up in your head.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I'm aware.
If Schumer were serious about stopping it, he could have negotiated 4 isolationist Republicans to cross the line.
No, you weren't, so why lie? You wouldn't have thrown out your 25% approximation if there was a vote showing that was blatantly false.
What leverage do you think Schumer has as the minority leader of the opposing party that is currently shut out of all 3 branches of government, especially when the administration is essentially nuking any and all republicans who step out of line with the party? In your head, do politicians commit career suicide so they can own-goal their party for nothing?
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Well, if there's one positive we can derive from this, it's the reaffirmation that Spekkio is a deeply troubled individual, who will lie when it suits his purpose, and is, at best, a bad faith actor.
We all deserve better than that here. Join me in blocking him, to improve your AW experience.
We all deserve better than that here. Join me in blocking him, to improve your AW experience.
Nothing improves academic discourse like the silencing of voices.
Or if you can't silence them, an intimidating personal attack shout down helps improve the conversation.
We all need to accept, Brett's always right.
These pussies at the Coast Guard better get with the program, but I guess we only get kinetic with smaller boats bound for Suriname though...Nevermind.
20,000-pound cocaine seizure by Coast Guard breaks 18-year-old record
Video shows Coast Guard vehicles pursuing a go-fast vessel that appeared to have multiple people aboard.www.cbsnews.com
I wish the CG would give more info. There's currently nothing on their PA pages. Those are interesting stats. That's ~454 bales, which is significantly less than two specific cases I know of that happened 21 years ago (which at the time were the first and second largest interdictions on record).
I heard noise by someone I don't really trust that there was a seizure of a freighter with liquid cocaine onboard that equated to more than those two cases, but I never saw any case evidence and that would have been no more than 18 years ago.
What is interesting is to see that much contraband in an open go-fast. That's not normally how they roll. While we'll never know publicly, I'd also be interested in where the interdiction went down. A lot of times that can provide info on how "important" that load is to a party.
Interesting USCG history.
cgaviationhistory.org
1976 - The Marijuana War Begins: The Coast Guard Becomes the Lead Agency for Maritime Drug Interdiction | Coast Guard Aviation History
The start of maritime drug smuggling was prompted by a demand for marijuana in America that could not be met by the land supply from Mexico. Initially marijuana smuggling was conducted by a large number of entrepreneurs, usually Americans, using fishing vessels, sailboats and cabin cruisers...
cgaviationhistory.org
With only a partial part of the story coming out so far I would not depend on statements or snippets so far. While folks may be lying they may not necessarily be telling the whole truth. For example, one can say they never received an order to 'kill shipwreck survivors' but then it turns out that there was explicit pressure or an implicit 'suggestion' to do so. We even had a term for it at my school, quibbling, when someone deliberately hid the truth.
I agree, show the world the strikes but at the same time we have the rule of law for a very good reason, and striking drug running boats certainly seems to circumvent it. When the folks on those craft don't present an 'clear and present danger' to us I have concerns about using deadly force as a first option.
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The funny thing about criticizing major newspapers is that they tend to get most of their stories right most of the time, and this scenario is no different.
Every allegation in the WaPo story has been confirmed in the statements of Bradley or the WH Press Office.
