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The Coasties have been chasing a tanker since Sunday. The official story now is that the tanker is refusing to allow the Coasties to board. So, the Coasties need to use a team that repels down from helos, like we saw in the previous two boardings, but a team has not been available, in the right place. US Military is not allowed to perform "law enforcement" missions, like the Coasties are, so all the Marines on the three assault ships in the area can't help
Coast Guard waiting on elite teams in standoff with tanker, Reuters reportshttps://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/articles/coas...So, what is the procedure for seconding Marines to the Coasties?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 8
US Military is not allowed to perform "law enforcement" missions,...
And you think that matters to this administration...why?
I would say they have the philosophy "it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission", but they ask for neither.
No. of Recommendations: 1
And you think that matters to this administration...why?
The tanker crews, presumably, are not the "narco-terrorists" the regime claims we are in a "war" with. So, they need to claim some sort of legal justification for seizing the tankers, otherwise they would, literally, be pirates. Keep in mind, Trump is expert at manipulating the law to get what he wants. Remember how his crew turned the Georgia trial about him trying to cheat the election, into putting the prosecutor on trial, instead?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 3
The tanker crews, presumably, are not the "narco-terrorists" the regime claims we are in a "war" with. So, they need to claim some sort of legal justification for seizing the tankers, otherwise they would, literally, be pirates.
Or it’s a TACO response after China objected strongly to the second tanker hijacking, and maybe made some credible threat behind the scenes.
