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mikelewis

(4,527 posts)
20. From someone who's served to another... thank you for your service.
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 08:25 AM
Saturday

I sat in a foxhole in Hawaii for 3 years... ensuring no one invaded, right? LOL... so the only danger I was ever in was from heat stroke.

Boarding those vessels... now that shits real. I mean, yes, you are holding a howitzer on them like Dirty Harry but still... Yikes.

And I have no issues with them using lethal force on drug runners... fuck em. That's the price to make a lot of cash... if it weren't dangerous, you wouldn't get that cheddar. I get it. That's the game.

But you don't use the U.S. military to do that... talk about bringing a knife to a gunfight. This is just overkill for sport. You can hear Hegseth in the background cheering... even though there's no audio. These people are going to get us into a real war. The world may not tolerate a bully with this sort of fire power. If we go in a devastate Venezuela for no reason whatsoever... the world may not just sit there and take it. Imagine terrorist attacks all over the U.S.? These idiots are going to get U.S. citizens killed. They gutted the intelligence services so we are blind and now they are giving western terrorist groups something to rally behind. They are unleashing monsters on the children of America... all to hide the secret that the President fucked a kid. Duh! It's not like the supreme court won't make it retroactively legal anyway.

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Except the world isn't OK with it. Disaffected Friday #1
If evidence of the drugs exists. Norrrm Friday #2
The reason: Letting the Coast Guard continue as they have done for decades is not as fun for blood thirsty MAGAs Attilatheblond Friday #3
Murderous psychopaths don't worry about reasons Alice Kramden Friday #4
Because they want to murder and the action you propose isn't that? RockRaven Friday #5
They're trying to intimidate the smugglers. maxsolomon Friday #6
They needed a bigger Epstein distraction. yourout Friday #7
They didn't want to endanger the war ships of the fragile U.S. Navy by 4 guys in a boat. Ping Tung Friday #8
They are lazy. Picking them up and charging them is way too much work and dosnt go BOOM. Srkdqltr Friday #9
The goal of these terrorist attacks by the U.S. has nothing to do with drugs. yardwork Friday #10
I served in the US Navy from 1990 to 2010 aboard 4 different ships in that time NavyDem Friday #11
From someone who's served to another... thank you for your service. mikelewis Saturday #20
No reason why they couldn't. With more ships in the area. It's actually easier. haele Friday #12
Blowing up boats is better for ratings... Wounded Bear Friday #13
Three Reasons: Epstein, Epstein and Epstein. It's WAG THE DOG! usonian Friday #14
Not supporting any action taken, but drones, etc., don't get troops killed. We should use those if/when legitimate. Silent Type Friday #15
It's not about interdiction, it's about generating "casus belli" 0rganism Friday #16
I think they should have followed them to shore Emile Friday #17
This is a multi-part operation: Thunderbeast Friday #18
No jollies? Bayard Friday #19
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