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Frasier Balzov

(4,741 posts)

3. I want to know why interdiction wasn't enough.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 04:45 PM

Friday

You're supposed to surveil your suspects and see where they're making port so you can learn about their network.

Destroying smuggling boats is a wicked circus justified by claim of deterrence and self-defeating in tracking contraband.

Finally, and after all, it IS American demand which the smugglers are servicing.