The catch and release program of the “pat them on the head and release them so they can go back to the fight” did not work in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it’s not gonna work in the Caribbean. So, we’re putting them at the bottom of the Caribbean, which forces them to change the way they operate, and hopefully it makes the American people safer — not hopefully, it will make the American people safer in the process. Hegseth sputtered when answering, “That is — We’re — The most important thing to me are the ongoing operations in the Caribbean with our folks that use bespoke capabilities, techniques, procedures in the process.
Author: Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Published at: 2025-12-06 22:33:12
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