The Coast Guard is most visible when it performs daring sea rescues. Less visible is the work it does to stop cocaine and other illegal drugs from coming into the United States.But sequestration might be harming that mission, according to Coast Guard Rear Adm. Charles Michel, director of the Joint Interagency Task Force South. He estimated a lack of resources due to sequestration cuts would let an additional 38 metric tons of cocaine into the U.S.
"That's our projected estimate if we don't get the re-establishment of surface vessels from the Navy and the Coast Guard," he told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp recently.
He says that 38 tons means an additional $1 billion in profits for drug dealers.
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7 comments:
Wasn't that their intention? To ruin years of intervention in one swift move.
1146-What has the drug war done? Wasted 1+ trillion dollars, made the US the largest prison population in the world, and stopped none of the drug trade. If it hasn't worked in the last 40 years, it's not going to work any time in the next 40 years.
sequestration was removing the AUTOMATIC 5% increase in spending. SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAD BEFORE. THIS CHUMP IS JUST TRYING TO GET PROMOTED
9:30 Agreed. The money is there, they're just choosing to put on a show for sympathy. It's the ultimate "attention whoring" show.
Its been regulated 9:01. Certain cartels were granted entry while others weren't. Now it a free for all and we will see levels like never before.
1010-It's always been a free for all. You just didn't know it. Go ask Ollie lol
Yeah. Right. 38 tons. And Godzilla will destroy New York, too, if they don't get everything they want. Scare 'em! That usually works, right??
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