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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by lazyeye on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:35PM (#45838647)
What a ridiculous take.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by pixl97 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:55PM (#45838876)
Tell me about those WMD's again.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by lazyeye on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:59PM (#45838923)
Tell me about the 100k fentanyl deaths each year. How does this volume of drugs reach the US?
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by TOMDM on Thursday November 06, 2025 @02:47PM (#45839477)
It's fentanyl, one semi successful smuggling run traffic's enough fentanyl to lethaly dose thousands of people.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by pixl97 on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:05PM (#45859967)
I mean a semi load worth could probably kill everyone in the US. Stuff is damnned strong.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by wat10000 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:07PM (#45840434)
By coming over the land border with Mexico. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg93nn1e6go

Your rhetorical question suggests you thought lots of fentanyl is coming on boats on the ocean. This might be a good moment to pause and reflect on where you get your information and how you reach your conclusions.

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by lazyeye on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:07PM (#45843175)
I understand that fentanyl is not coming Venezuala but I dont think what you've stated is the devastating point you think it is. The US is also awash with cocaine (20k overdoses a year is the tip of the iceberg). I note that none of the replies to my parent comment had anything to say about the scourge of drugs across America. I guess 120k deaths a year is a small price to pay if it makes Trump look bad, right?
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by wat10000 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:31PM (#45843300)
Then why didn’t you say cocaine? The connection of these boats to any drugs is dubious, but you picked a drug that they’re definitely not involved in even if you 100% believe the administration.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by lazyeye on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:54PM (#45843418)
"The connection of these boats to any drugs is dubious..." this is simply ridiculous.

Boats with 3-4 outboards on the back carrying large bails of some unknown "cargo" transiting well-established drug routes is obviously not a "dubious" connection. We also don't know what the intelligence was on the ground which I'm also guessing was quite substantial.

Neither you or I have the faintest clue what information was available behind the targeting decisions. Reality and your desire to frame things to justify your hatred of Trump are two completely different things.

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by wat10000 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @11:19PM (#45843521)
What’s ridiculous is believing anything these shysters say.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by lazyeye on Thursday November 06, 2025 @11:33PM (#45843579)
(shrugs) fine believe what you want...
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by dragonwriter on Thursday November 06, 2025 @02:34PM (#45839289)
> Tell me about the 100k fentanyl deaths each year. How does this volume of drugs reach the US?

Illicitly manufactured fentanyl used in the US is predominantly produced in Mexico and smuggled across the very large land border between the US and Mexico.

Probably the next most common source is domestic illicit production.

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by vel0city on Thursday November 06, 2025 @02:27PM (#45839217)
People cooking it up domestically? Its not hard to make (if you don't mind killing some people) and its ingredients can be commonly found in the US.

Through small parcels from China mixed in with regular mail? People mail weed all the time and that's also illegal to go through the mail. A small parcel can carry many thousands of doses with high enough purity.

Most fentanyl in the US probably has little to no connection to Venezuela. Probably lots of other drugs, sure, but not fentanyl.

A lethal amount of fentanyl can be as small as 1-2mg. So enough fentanyl to kill 100k people would be like 50ish grams. Its not nearly some massive amount of material like you seem to think it is.

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by FuriouslyAdrift on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:08PM (#45839758)
It's mostly made in Mexico... https://insightcrime.org/investigations/fentanyl-producers-m...

It used to come primarily from Indian and China way back in 2023... https://insightcrime.org/investigations/how-fentanyl-synthes...

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by t-3 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:38PM (#45840768)
Given that nobody grows opium poppy in South America, it's definitely not through Venezuela.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by vel0city on Thursday November 06, 2025 @07:49PM (#45842440)
Fentanyl is entirely synthetic. It's not related to poppy plants at all.
Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by AngryData on Thursday November 06, 2025 @05:03PM (#45841032)
The US mail and Fedex. A single small package can have enough fentanyl to kill 100K people. It certainly doesn't come from South American.