The USCG firing at drug boats is totally acceptable.

I agree. "We" are very good at putting .50cal rounds through an engine hatch. Disablement is assured. Then it's just a matter of handing over the passengers for processing, destroying the drugs and boat (after processing).

There's a difference between shooting a boat to disable it, vs evaporating the boat and all aboard with CIWS.

Blasting everybody onboard is no bueno. We've seen women and kids in the mix of migrants & drugs on commercial fishing boats, sailboats, pleasure motor boats... and pickups ranging from cars to RVs to Hertz trucks.

We've been contacted by cartels to go get their disabled boats that suffered engine failure, run out of fuel, all the problems every vessel eventually encounters.

If we just blast suspected boats, why not suspected vehicles and residences in the US? Where's the line?

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