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Derrick Van Orden: “If we started killing narco terrorists and sinking Chinese…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Discussion on Interdiction and Policy Against Narco Terrorists

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

Why aren't we just killing the people that are killing American citizens? It makes absolutely no sense to me. Comes down to authorities. It's policy and authority. Right. Okay. So in your professional military opinion, If we started killing narco terrorists and sinking Chinese ships that are bringing poison into the Western Hemisphere, would that reduce the amount of stuff coming into the Western Hemisphere and reduce the amount of American citizens that are being poisoned to death? Just to be clear, professional military opinion, sir? Well, the ships that are coming across are. The way they bring it across is legal, right? So it's coming in illegal. (01:05–01:18)

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Suggests that killing narco terrorists and sinking ships would reduce drug trafficking and related deaths.

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