Motion In The Caribbean – Armed Forces Press

Russian tanker turns away when faced with a U.S. Navy Destroyer

When a U.S. Navy Destroyer moved into the path of a Russian Tanker headed for Venezuela, the Russian Skipper decided the best decision was to turn around and seek shelter in Cuba. This happened multiple times.

This situation is what proper use of Naval capability looks like. The previous Administration sanctioned different countries all day long on illegal shipments of Iranian and Russian gas and oil (and related products) but did not enforce sanctions. A robust and well-resourced U.S. Navy could do sanction enforcement, but the Autopen prioritized DEI in the U.S. Navy (and the entire military) over shipbuilding.

The U.S. Navy and entire military (and the entire U.S. Government) is now receiving the leadership and resources it needs to defend the American Homeland.

Sanctions are one tool in the toolbox, however there is a difference between sanctions and sanction enforcement. Like the Seinfeld car rental routine, anyone can take a rental car reservation, it’s having the car for that reservation that is the important thing. Likewise, anyone can sanction, but it is the ability to enforce that sanction that is important.

Securing our immediate borders, neighborhood, and approaches are receiving the attention they deserve.

ColonelRetJohn Substack