Letter: Drug boats

Much LTE comment have been directed at the elimination of drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. Interestingly, the federal government has been very open regarding these operations, not clandestine. This tells me that the federal government is very confident that the boats carry drugs or they would not provide the videos to the general public. Observing the videos, the boats are certainly not pleasure or fishing boats and are carrying square bundles that are certainly not cotton. For 30 years, the federal government has been ineffective in stopping the flow of drugs into this country and the cartels have become very bold because the consequences are minimal. Now, how many drug runners, regardless of the pay by the cartels, will willingly accept a contract to move drugs into the United States? The conundrum is whether we should stand idly by as the drugs flow easily into our country or should be take actions that make that endeavor very, very risky.