In recent weeks, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has faced intense criticism for authorizing U.S. forces to interdict and “neutralize” Venezuelan drug-trafficking vessels that are flooding America’s streets with deadly fentanyl and other narcotics. These operations—targeted, proportionate strikes against armed narco-combatants operating go-fast boats and …
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