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The recent U.S. strike that took out a drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean was more than a tactical win — it was a necessary strike against a narco-terror cabal that has used Venezuela as a staging ground to export violence to our shores. Retired General Jack Keane cut through the diplomatic euphemisms on Fox, rightly calling out the criminals and regime enablers for the blood on their hands and demanding the kind of blunt response Americans expect from a government that values security. This fight isn’t abstract; it’s about stopping poison from flowing into our neighborhoods and shutting down the networks that bankroll America’s enemies.
Keane’s point about leverage is the heart of effective policy: if we want to suffocate the narco-state axis that profits from chaos, we must use every lever of American power — financial sanctions, seizure of assets, and relentless legal pressure on the middlemen. A single kinetic strike is meaningful, but it only counts if followed by consistent, sustained pressure that chokes off the cash and logistics those thugs rely on. Conservatives should cheer the action while demanding the strategy that turns blows into a lasting defeat of criminal governance.
We now know the lines connect from Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns and Tren de Aragua to foreign terrorist proxies and corrupt state officials who turned a once-prosperous nation into a narco-transit hub. That relationship is not theoretical; it is a deliberate partnership of convenience where kleptocrats trade sovereignty for profit while ordinary Venezuelans suffer. Anyone who refuses to name the connection between Maduro’s cronies and international terror networks is either naïve or complicit — and the American people deserve truth and results, not cover-ups.
For too long, feckless foreign policy and partisan hand-wringing allowed bad actors to establish footholds in our hemisphere. Left-leaning appeasers who balk at decisive action have a lot to answer for as cartels and foreign proxies export fentanyl and violence across our borders. It’s time for a policy of firm deterrence: enforce sanctions, seal off oil revenues used to bankroll repression, and work with regional partners to isolate the regime economically and diplomatically until it collapses under its own corruption.
Washington must also leverage the criminal justice system — aggressive indictments, extraditions, and prosecutions of traffickers and their regime patrons will break networks faster than empty speeches. Freeze their accounts, sanction the shipping lines and banks that launder their profits, and make it impossible for them to buy arms or influence abroad. If we will not use these tools, we are asking our citizens to continue paying the price in lives and communities.
This is a moment for Republicans and patriots to stand tall and demand follow-through. Support for decisive action is not warmongering; it is patriotism. Weakness invites Iran, Russia, and transnational criminals to expand their reach, but strength and consistency will restore order and protect American families.
Americans who work hard and play by the rules deserve a government that protects them from foreign poison and domestic collapse alike. Gen. Keane spoke plainly because the truth is plain: these are thugs and killers who have profited from death, and those who enable them must be held accountable. The fight ahead will be uncomfortable and costly, but securing our homeland and restoring moral order is worth every effort.
