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The Biden-era neglect of our southern approaches is over — the United States has begun striking suspected narco-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean after years of watching cartels flood our streets with fentanyl and misery. Recent operations have reportedly sunk multiple fast boats linked to violent groups and disrupted major smuggling runs, a wake-up call that our military can and must protect the homeland where law enforcement has failed. Americans who value safety should be relieved to see action, not lectures from foreign capitals.
National security analyst Dr. Rebecca Grant, speaking on Fox News Live and in analysis pieces, made the point bluntly: these are deliberate, intelligence-driven strikes on legitimate narco-terrorist targets, backed by “exquisite maritime surveillance” that allows commanders to pick the right boats at the right time. She reminded viewers that the Pentagon has the sensors and platforms — P-8s, drones, and surface assets — to distinguish traffickers from innocent mariners, and that the operation is far from a reckless free-for-all. Conservatives should welcome experts who defend tough, precise action to stop the flow of death into our communities.
The administration hasn’t acted without a legal framework — key cartels and criminal organizations have been designated as terrorist groups, and the White House has invoked authorities it says justify taking the fight to these hostile networks even beyond our borders. Senior officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and administration spokespeople, have publicly framed these strikes as necessary defense measures against groups that operate like armed proxy forces in our hemisphere. This isn’t lawlessness; it’s a policy shift to meet an unconventional, borderless threat.
Predictably, European capitals and some critics have squealed about international law and even paused certain intelligence cooperation, preferring lectures to results while their citizens rely on American security. Let them posture — those same allies have long depended on U.S. muscle for their defense and now suddenly object when the United States defends its own people. If other nations want to set the rules, they should send ships and surveillance to patrol the Caribbean themselves.
Make no mistake: this is about protecting American lives, closing the funnel of poison, and restoring consequences for narco-terrorists who treated our hemisphere as a safe operating theater. Weakness invites chaos, and the only language criminal cartels respect is decisive force backed by clear policy and law — exactly what this administration claims to be delivering. Patriots should stand with leaders who put American security first, not with elites who moralize from a safe distance.
The message to Washington is simple: keep the pressure on, fund the surveillance and interdiction assets that work, and stop treating border security as a political football. The American people deserve a government that defends them from fentanyl, human smuggling, and narco-violence — and that means using every tool to stop the flow at sea and ashore. Hardworking families want results, and decisive maritime action is a step toward the safe streets and secure borders our communities need.
