DeSantis wants lethal force at the border to stop fentanyl traffickers. Most are Americans.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on his promise to use lethal force against fentanyl traffickers attempting to cross the U.S. southern border if elected president, telling voters at the first GOP presidential debate last week that he would “use all available powers as commander-in-chief” to suppress the epidemic. But homeland security officials tell McClatchy that an overwhelming majority of fentanyl is being smuggled through the border at legal ports of entry — and not by foreign nationals, but by U.S. citizens. Data collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that over 96......
Aug 29, 2023
According to sources quoted today by McClatchy newspapers, two field commanders warned Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal repeatedly about a worthless Afghanistan outpost that was too costly to defend.