[theyknowitsxmas]

No problem, I will get the same emotional replies when Trump does it again.

[defrost]

There's little emotion to the replies pointing out your obvious false dichotomy that erroneously appeals to conservative 'emotions'.

[theyknowitsxmas]

Drug pushers are the lowest of the low. They don't deserve a breath.

[piva00]

Yet it's not spending some millions USD from your tax money to explode a few boats that will make any difference.

I feel there are quite a few types lower than drug pushers, rapists being one of those. You probably disagree.

[theyknowitsxmas]

It would cost a million to treat a single fent walker on the street.

[piva00]

That fent walker will still exist, supplied by someone else/some other network.

I don't think you understand how vast and resilient the network of drug logistics is. Killing people with missiles is the least efficient usage of your tax money to actually fight drug abuse due to despair.

But you do you, it's just sad to see even people who are supposedly more well-educated (as most HN users are) not understanding very basic principles, I recommend you learning about systems thinking.

[theyknowitsxmas]

It seems the other side's solution is... coddling and compassion for drug pushers. Endless social programs for addicts? Why not blow the ship and set an example for anyone else, indifferent to terrorists? Not seeing any solutions other than throw as many roadblocks they can in front of enforcement and military action, because it's Trump in charge. They are children.