[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.

[piva00]

You don't seem to understand the inevitable, and absurdly wasteful game of whack-a-mole this kind of action becomes... Look at the size of the oceans around the USA, look at the amount of water around Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, all of Central America where boats can sail to deliver larger payloads of drugs.

Do you believe, even with all its might and firepower, the USA has enough ships, helicopters, surveillance planes, satellites, to cover all of this area? Do you believe that cartels with very deep pockets won't be looking for ways around whatever the USA can throw at them, finding new routes, new modes of transportation, etc.? Do you think they are stupid?

No matter how much firepower the USA wastes shooting speedboats there will be other routes for drugs to get into the USA.

Again, you do you, but you don't understand at all the amount of effort it'd take to completely shutdown all trafficking routes, all transportation of drugs, into the USA, lol.

[theyknowitsxmas]

You are smarter than me! The Narcotics Rewards Program offers rewards of up to $25 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of narcotics traffickers who operate primarily outside of the United States and are major violators of U.S. narcotics laws. Hope that helps.

[piva00]

I really don't understand what you are trying to say, nor how it matters at all to the conversation we were having prior... You do not understand, don't want to understand but really enjoy posturing. Good luck with that.