Well, as the President said, this is the isis. This is the Al Qaeda of the Western hemisphere. They intimidate, they terrorize, they extort, they poison the American people. The President's right. Every boat we strike is 25,000 Americans whose lives are saved. because. Because of the drugs that were headed in our direction. So our message to these foreign terrorist organizations is we will treat you like we have treated Al Qaeda. (03:16–03:21)
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