Marco Rubio 2.0 continues to impress. While speaking in Mexico this week, the Secretary of State made no apologies for the recent strike on a drug cartel vessel headed for the United States.
Rubio noted that the old policy of deterrence does not work and made it clear that this can and will happen again if necessary.
FOX News reports:
Rubio promises more strikes on Venezuelan cartels: ‘We’re not going to sit back anymore’Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s strike on a drug cartel-operated vessel off of Venezuela and vowed the U.S. will no longer “sit back” when it comes to “nacro-terrorism.”In response to questions about the Marine strike Tuesday that hit a vessel in the southern Caribbean Sea while allegedly carrying members of Tren de Aragua smuggling narcotics headed for the U.S., Rubio said, “We’re not going to sit back anymore and watch these people sail up and down the Caribbean like a cruise.”The strike apparently killed 11 members of the group, which was designated a terrorist organization in February, and marked a significant shift from the U.S.’s previous seize-and-apprehend policy when countering international gang networks.”The president of the United States has determined that narco-terrorist organizations pose a threat to the national security of the United States. I don’t need to explain to you why,” Rubio said, noting that the group is known to traffic not only drugs, but arms and people.”These are not stockbrokers. These are not real estate agents who, on the side, deal a few drugs. These are organized, corporate, structured organizations who specialize in the trafficking of deadly drugs into the United States of America,” Rubio said. “They pose an immediate threat to the United States. Period.”
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The Democratic Party’s most reasonable member is once again making more sense than anyone else on the left.
Professor Jacobson recently commented on Rubio.
Rubio at State has been a truly pleasant surprise. He is such a natural fit in this role.
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