‘The Five’: This is NOT even a ‘debatable issue’

‘The Five’: This is NOT even a ‘debatable issue’

>> Dana: BRANDO INFORMATION BLOWING A HOLE IN THE WASHINGTON PORSCHE REPORT THE DOUBLE TAP STRIKE ON THIS AFFECTED NARCO BOAT IN THE CARIBBEAN. NAVAL ADMIRAL FRANK MITCH BRADLEY TELLING THERE WAS NO “KILL THEM ALL” ORDER FROM SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH IN THE ATTACK. “ABC NEWS” NOW REPORTING THOSE SURVIVORS WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SALVAGE THE DRUGS. SENATOR TOM COTTON WHO SAW THE VIDEO WITH HIS OWN EYES BACKSTOP THAT ACCOUNT. >> I SAW TWO SURVIVORS TRYING TO FLIP A BOAT, LOADED WITH DRUGS BOUND FOR THE UNITED STATES BACK OVER SO THEY COULD STAY IN THE FIGHT. AND POTENTIALLY GIVEN ALL THE CONTACTS WE HEARD OF OTHER NARCO TERRORIST BOATS IN THE AREA COMING TO THEIR AID TO RECOVER THEIR CARGO AND RECOVER THOSE NARCO TERRORISTS. >> Dana: DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES WHO WAS IN THE MOVE TRICKLE ROOM FOR THE TESTIMONY ADMITS THE SECOND STRIKE WAS INDEED ON DRUG TRAFFICKERS. >> WHAT I SAW IN THAT ROOM WAS WITH THE MOST TROUBLING THINGS I’VE SEEN IN MY TIME IN PUBLIC SERVICE. THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ATTACKING SHIPWRECKED SAILORS, BAD GUYS, BAD GUYS. BUT ATTACKING SHIPWRECKED SAILORS. YES, THEY WERE CARRYING DRUGS. THEY WERE NOT IN THE POSITION TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION. THE LAST THING I’M GOING TO SAY IS THE ADMIRAL CONFIRMED THERE HAD NOT BEEN “KILL THEM ALL” ORDER AND THERE WAS NOT AN ORDER. >> Dana: KNOWING THIS GIVES ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY, ONE BRADLEY WAS WALKING INTO THE CAPITOL THIS MORNING, HE LOOKED VERY CONFIDENT. >> Greg: THIS GUY, SHIPWRECKED SAILORS QUESTIONING THEIR NARCO TERRORISTS, YOU BONEHEAD. GET A ROLLBACK EVERYTHING HE SAID AND HE STILL KEPT DIGGING A GRAVE. I LOVE WATCHING PEOPLE WHO WERE SUDDENLY EXPERTS AND WAR CRIMES. BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROK OR AI. WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE EXPERTS HAD BEFORE? CLIMATE. THEY WERE EXPERTS AT THAT. LECTURING US ON CLIMATE. GENDER, RACE, PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDENCE. BY CORRUPTING THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, THEY BUILT THIS HOUSE WHERE THEY HAVE NO GREAT ABILITY FOR THE FUTURE ESPECIALLY THE STORY. IT WAS SO ON THE NOSE, SIX DEMOCRATS RELEASE A VIDEO SUGGESTING THAT THERE COULD BE POSSIBLY ILLEGAL MILITARY ACTION COMING SOON AND THEN LIKE MAGIC YOU GET THIS STORY. IT APPEARS. IT’S TOO ENGINEERED TO BE REAL. IT’S LIKE A BOSS SAYING I WOULD BUY A NEW CAR FIRE YOU BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU’RE NOT GETTING A RAISE. IT’S A MOST UNBELIEVABLE HOW STUPID THEY THINK WE ARE AND YET THEY KEEP PULLING THESE HOAXES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> Dana: IT SHOWS WHEN YOU HAVE A BLOCKBUSTER STORY WITH ONE ANONYMOUS SOURCE, MAYBE TAKE A BEAT. >> Kennedy: THE PROBLEM IS, THIS IS WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS, THEY CAN EASILY BE PROVEN WRONG. WHAT THEY DIDN’T REALIZE WAS EVERYONE WHO HAD SEEN THE FOOTAGE COOPERATED WITH THE ADMIRAL’S TESTIFYING — CORROBORATED WITH THE ADMIRAL’S TESTIFYING. YES THERE WERE SURVIVORS AND THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET THE DRUGS FROM POINT A TO POINT B. I THINK WE ARE GETTING DISTRACTED BY THIS. IT’S ONE OF THESE STORIES WHERE WE ARE GETTING SO DISTRACTED IN THE HAIRSPLITTING THAT WE ARE LOSING SIGHT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE AND THE BIGGER PICTURE SHOWED B, IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT NARCO TERRORISM. I WILL CONTINUE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO REDUCE DEMAND IN THIS COUNTRY. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT ENOUGH. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR KIDS. WE DON’T ADMIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE A MASSIVE APPETITE FOR DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVEN IF WE ARE BLOWING THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF BOATS IN THE CARIBBEAN, THEY WILL FIND ANOTHER WAY. IT’S INCREDIBLY LUCRATIVE. MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR AGENCIES. THESE ARE NOT CARTEL FAMILIES. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SERIES ON NETFLIX. THESE ARE MASSIVE ENTERPRISES THAT ARE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE AND ADEPT AT FINDING NEW WAYS TO DELIVER TO AMERICAN NOSES EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE GOING “DRUGS ARE BAD, OKAY? “THAT’S NOT BEEN ENOUGH OF A DETERRENCE. >> Greg: I HAVE TO DISAGREE. THAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS SO DIFFERENT. IT’S NOT SAYING THAT DRUGS ARE BAD. THE WAR ON DRUGS WAS A FAILURE. THIS IS AN ACTUAL LITERAL, TAKING INTO THEM. WE’RE NOT TALKING TALKING ABOUT DRUGS ANYMORE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FENTANYL, A KID GETTING COKE OR XANAX AND DYING, THAT’S NOT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT’S NOT RECREATIONAL PARTYING DRUGS. THIS IS BASICALLY HOMICIDE OR YOU ARE KILLING — A GUY GOES OUT, BUYS XANAX HALF A FRIEND AND HE DIES, THAT’S NOT RECREATIONAL DRUGS. IT’S MURDER. I THINK IT’S A DIFFERENT THING THAN THE WAY YOU PORTRAY IT. HOW DARE YOU? >> Kennedy: I AGREE AND THAT’S WHAT’S SO SCARY. KIDS HAVE AN APPETITE FOR DOING THINGS THAT ARE DANGEROUS AND MAKE THEIR PARENTS REALLY UPSET. I HAVE A CHILD IN COLLEGE AND IT SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME BECAUSE THE STUFF IS SO INCREDIBLY PERVASIVE AND IT DOESN’T MATTER THE LECTURES OR HOW YOU RAISE THEM. IT’S A MOMENT OF CURIOSITY. YOU ARE RIGHT, IT TAKES SOMEONE’S LIFE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOME AND PEOPLE I KNOW WHO’VE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER TO THE FENTANYL OVERDOSE. A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE LOST HER STEPSON BECAUSE HE DID COCAINE FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IT WAS LACED WITH FENTANYL AND THOSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING. BUT IT STILL IN APPETITE AND CURIOSITY AND A FORM OF REBELLION. >> Dana: BEFORE WE GO TO HAROLD AND JESSE COME I WANT TO PLAY THIS. IN 1989. SOMEONE WE USED TO SEE PERIODICALLY, SAID THIS, JOE BIDEN. >> LETS GO AFTER THE DRUG LORDS WHERE THEY LIVE. WITH AN INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FORCE. THERE MUST BE NO SAFE HAVEN FOR THESE NARCO TERRORISTS. THEY MUST KNOW IT. >> Dana: ISN’T THAT THE SAME POLICY? >> Harold: I AGREE WITH KENNEDY. I HATE TO DISAGREE WITH MY PAL AT THE END OF THE TABLE. THE CURIOSITY, IT HAS TO BE, I DON’T HAVE AN ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME OF GOING AFTER THESE NARCO TERRORISTS. WHAT MIGHT BE BETTER, TO RECONCILE WITH THEN SENATOR BIDEN, MAYBE INTERCEPT THESE GUYS, FIND OUT WITH THE BIG GUYS ARE. THEY ARE NOT THE ONES. THESE GUYS IN THESE BOATS, I WANT TO STOP THEM BUT THEY ARE NOT THE GUYS BEHIND THESE MASSIVE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES THAT ARE FLOODING OUR COUNTRY WITH THESE DRUGS. WE ARE KIDDING OURSELVES IF WE DON’T ADDRESS WHAT KENNEDY SO ELOQUENTLY LAID OUT. MY KIDS ARE 11 AND 10 FOR YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO TOUCH OR WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. THEY HAVE TO DRILL THAT APPETITE AND CURIOSITY. >> Greg: YOU CAN DO BOTH. >> Harold: I KNOW BUT I DON’T THINK THIS IS NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. >> Greg: SO YOU CAN’T DO BOTH? >> Harold: I DON’T THINK BLOWING UP THESE BOATS. SOME OF THEM BUT FIGURE OUT WHO’S BEHIND IT. >> Greg: YOU CAN DO THAT AND WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN DO THREE THINGS. >> Harold: I AGREE. I REMEMBER AFTER OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER. THERE WAS MEDIA FRENZY AND SPECULATION FROM THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THE MISSION WAS. SECRETARY HEGSETH AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL KANE WHO I THINK AT THE TIME MIGHT’VE BEEN THE JOINT CHIEFS ALREADY. THEY STOOD BEFORE THE PRESS CORPS AND TOOK A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS. I LISTEN TO SECRETARY HEGSETH AND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. DP WOULD HAVE A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON THIS BUT AS I LISTEN TO THEM I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE SECRETARY AND ADMIRAL BRADLEY TO STAND FOR AN ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. WE CAN GET SOME OF THE NONSENSE BEHIND — >> Dana: THEY DIDN’T DO IT TODAY? >> Harold: LIEUTENANT GENERAL KANE. HEGSETH AND CAIN WENT BEFORE THE COUNTRY. WHY CAN’T THEY GO FOR THE COUNTRY AND ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. >> Jesse: IT’S A ONE-SHOT DEAL. ONGOING OPERATION. NOT ANYMORE. WE BLEW TO SMITHEREENS. I AGREE WITH YOU. I AGREE WITH YOU. I DISAGREE WITH YOU. >> Harold: WHY? >> Jesse: YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT ON THE DEMAND SIDE BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE SUPPLY-SIDE. HAROLD, WE’VE BEEN INTERDICTING THESE SHIPS FOR FOUR DECADES AND IT HASN’T WORKED. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING COAST GUARD CUTTERS GO OFF INTO THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC AND CAPTURE THESE BOATS. DO THEY EVER SEEING TWO WHO’S THE BOSS? NO, THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING. WE SEND THEM BACK AND LOCK THEM UP. >> Greg: DON’T YOU REMEMBER “MIAMI VICE”? >> Jesse: WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE ARGUMENT DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING AS WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING WE’VE BEEN DOING SINCE 1980, TREATED AS A POLICE ACTION AND IT HASN’T WORKED. NOW WE ARE TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY AND WE CAN TELL IT’S WORKING BECAUSE MADURO IS SCARED. HE MIGHT LEAVE TO THE MIDDLE EAST. MEXICO IS SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS. THEY KNOW THEY CAN BE NEXT AND THE COLOMBIAN GUYS ON HIS LAST LEG SO I LIKE THE POLICY ON IT’S NOT A CONTROVERSIAL POLICY. YOU KNOW MARC THIESSEN QUESTION RICKY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY UNDER BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. FOR FIVE YEARS THIS GUY WAS CALLING THE SHOTS. IT IS WHAT HE SAID. AT THE HEART OF IT WE USED DOUBLE TAPS ALL THE TIME. SOME OF THEM PROBABLY WERE INJURED. YOU HIT THEM AGAIN. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON CAPITOL HILL. HOW ABOUT THIS QUESTION WERE DAN CRENSHAW. I CAN’T RECALL ANY TIME IN MY HISTORY OF DOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPS OR RESTRICTED GROUP WHETHER IT’S BUILDING OR BOAT OR VEHICLE AND THEN LIKE OH THERE ARE SURVIVORS? WE HAVE TO GO. WE CAN’T KILL THEM. OF COURSE WE KILLED THEM. IT’S NOT A DEBATABLE ISSUE. IF THESE GUYS ARE RADIOING THE CARTEL AND CLIMBING BACK INTO THE BOAT AND ABOUT TO PICK UP THE DOPE AND SEND IT BACK TO ANOTHER BOAT, THEN THE BOAT IS STILL OPERATIONAL IN THE COKE IS STILL THERE AND IT’S A DEADLY POISON TO THE UNITED STATES. >> Harold: I DON’T MIND THEM BLOWING IT UP. I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT. MY POINT IS THAT KENNEDY RAISES THE POINT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT IS HOW DO WE COMBAT AND REDUCE DRUG USE AND DEATHS IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE HAVE TO DO AL

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