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Cartel aftershocks in Mexico, gray-zone pressure in the South China Sea, and submarines stuck in American shipyards all point to the same quiet truth, instability grows fastest where deterrence slips and nobody moves quickly enough to stop it.
Dan Crenshaw has turned the House into a war room, aiming the intelligence, sanctions, and if needed the rifle sight of American power at cartel empires that poison our streets while daring Washington to flinch.
Senate challenges Trump’s war powers as Gaza truce and global shifts unfold. Here’s your Thursday morning rundown, October 9, 2025.
Washington has crossed a legal Rubicon, labeling Caribbean cartels unlawful combatants and unleashing a wartime hunt at sea while Congress and rights groups sharpen their knives.
Trump rules out US troops in Ukraine, US warships head to Venezuela, and more. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.
High-tech drones are tracking cartel drug labs, but can intel outpace corruption? The war on drugs isn’t just about supply—demand matters too.
The brutal killing of Texas rancher Antonio Céspedes Saldierna by a cartel-planted IED is a chilling wake-up call that the kind of terror once confined to war zones is now creeping into our own backyard.
Trump just labeled 8 Latin American cartels as terrorist groups. What does this mean for US relations and global crime?
Drug cartels aren’t just criminals—they’re insurgents. Designating them as terrorists is urgent for US security, stability, and justice.
When U.S. Green Berets start training Mexico’s Marine Infantry, you know the fight against the cartels just got a whole lot more serious.
In the whirlwind of operations, from the jungles of Colombia to the heated terrains of Somalia, amidst the camaraderie and relentless jesting, lay a realm where the line between a soldier’s duty and the whims of reality blurred, tossing us between the rigors of military life and the fleeting moments of absurd hilarity that carried us through the unpredictable currents of service.
Stuck in the sweltering jungle with a bunch of half-trained ‘elite’ commandos and a colonel who’d rather sit on intelligence than use it, we were babysitters at best, warriors in waiting—waiting for something to finally break loose.
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