70,000 per Year

Fentanyl Deaths Are Overwhelming

Last year President Biden said 70,000 Americans die each year from fentanyl overdoses. It’s a staggering number, and his thought we should do something about it.

Today, the U.S. Navy has eight ships, including at least one submarine, plus surveillance aircraft and over 2,000 Marines operating off the coast of Venezuela.

The official line?

To disrupt the cartels who operate there with near impunity. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has already denounced the buildup, calling it an act of aggression.

The U.S. has a long record of intervention in Latin America—sometimes for ideology, sometimes for resources, sometimes for both.

And now, with ships in position and Marines ready, it sure looks like we’re preparing to step in again.

This time it isn’t about the Cold War or oil. It’s about fentanyl, cartels, and an American death toll bigger than any war we’re currently fighting.

Here's the thing,

The question is whether history is about to repeat itself this time in the name of survival of more Americans every year than died in the Vietnam War?