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Sec. Pete is trying to stop trafficking
Dale Richey
Dec. 12, 2025 2:35 pm
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I have sat and watched the pompous asses in Congress talk about the violations of law because we killed drug smugglers. They are aghast because we hit them several times to kill them. My only thought on that was our folks need some serious retraining if they can't hit one basically unarmed boat.
I know a fellow who lost his son, then his wife, then his business to the drug addiction. I'm pretty sure he has no problem with us killing the drug suppliers where ever they are. Personally I have sat with someone in the isolation area of a CR hospital to ask if there was anything I could do to help and sadly there isn't much.
So if Sec. Pete can blow up every damn one of them we cannot thank him enough and should invite him to Christmas dinner. Finally someone is trying to stop the drug traffic and protect the people of the United States.
Dale Richey
Swisher
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