Jacob Sullum & Ammon Blair: Should the U.S. Treat Cartel Boats as Military Targets?

About this episode

The episode discusses differing viewpoints on whether the U.S. should treat cartel boats as military targets.

On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about recent actions taken by the United States against cartels. First on the show is Jacob Sullum, senior editor at Reason. Later, we hear from Ammon Blair, a Senior Fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s ‘Secure & Sovereign Nation’ Initiative. You can find Jacob on X at @JacobSullum and the Texas Public Policy Foundation at @TPPF. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Jacob Sullum, Ammon Blair

Topics covered

• U.S. military policy
• drug cartels
• political viewpoints
• national security
• public policy

Keywords

• cartels
• military targets
• U.S. policy
• national security
• drug trafficking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reason, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Simplecast, AdsWizz

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