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JohnnyRingo

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13. Indeed if that's what they're doing

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:23 PM

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...but the 1st few attacks were obviously Cigarette boats headed north at full speed during darkness. Maybe they were trolling, but realistically a good majority are smugglers of some type. He's reckless though, like he is with everything. I'd bet Hegseth has gotten less choosy as it went on. We know how he throws an axe.

Still, as my original point, drug runners will have to find an alternate route. This one is no longer safe and not worth losing a quarter ton of coke over.

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