Phil Stewart
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 Apr
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Well, no, I think that they've been, I mean, the rationale for a lot of the actions they've taken, like the boat strikes in the Caribbean and on the Pacific side, have been squarely based on the drug trade.
But then, you know, the intervention in Venezuela has this kind of dual nature to it.
So it's, you know, on the one hand, they're serving, you know, they've extracted drugs
Maduro based on his indictment on drug trafficking charges.
Right.
Or his involvement in drug trafficking.
And then they're also talking about the oil industry.
Right.
They're saying that the nationalization of the oil.
So then it becomes a little bit different.
Right.
You know, there is one thing I would say that I think, you know, as reporters covering the strikes in particular, we were really interested in, which was that, you know, the preponderance of U.S.
military firepower that was assembled in the Caribbean didn't match up with the majority of the drug trade.
Right.
And so if you look at the main trafficking route actually is not through the Caribbean, it's through the Pacific.
And so, you know, there isn't a big flotilla of ships off Mexico.
You know, they're in the Caribbean.
So it always – it was something that we've sort of scratched our heads about a little bit.
You know, there have been strikes on the Pacific side, but the military firepower and everything else was really aimed at – was really in the Caribbean and the policies really aimed at Venezuela.
And so –
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