Overkill: Trump Sent Navy Destroyers to Venezuela to Stop the Drug Trade
Was it a success? Here's What You Need to Remember: Typically such drug interdiction efforts would entail the use of frigates, but the U.S. Navy is deploying the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which are technologically advanced despite their age but are also among the world’s most expensive. Last week the White House announced that U.S. Navy warships would be sent to the coastal waters off Venezuela in a counter-narcotics role to stop the flow of drugs in the Caribbean. The United States had charged Nicolás Maduro Moros, along with fourteen current and former Venezuelan officials, with n...