[bassmaner]

8.1 tons confiscated as 100 tons comes in undetected. End the war on drugs. Legalize it. Regulate it. Take away the allure of it. It will bring the price down and then you'll end the crime associated with cartels and hit a very imporants funding source for Terrorists as they won't be able to profit from it as much as they are now. But, we never learn from what we experienced from Prohibition.

Let's not forget that while USS Steven W. Groves is tasked with stopping a very small % of the Peruvian marching powder that makes it into the US, the Iranians are building up their forces in the Persian Gulf, the Chinese are building a blue-water navy, and tinpot dictators like Chavez and Kim threaten their neighbors and world peace in general.

The Groves would be much better put to use defending Americans against their foreign enemies instead of wasting its time chasing vice peddlers.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

That was my first thought but opted not to post it. But, you are absolutely right. We have bigger fish to fry and the drug cartels are ALWAYS 3 steps ahead of us. It's like trying to play golf with Tiger Woods. It's like trying to return Roger Federer's serve. Sure you might get a few back but the chances are he'll ace you the majority of the time.

[MikefromOhio]

You are aware that ONE singular carrier group would take care of any two navies that does not include Britain right????