As I sit here writing this, I find myself pondering the definition of a simple English word — “peace” — and wondering whether I may have misunderstood it for my entire life. Because today’s news brought with it further disquieting — oh, hell, who am I kidding? It’s downright terrifying — news.

So I did what I always do: I consulted the experts.

And it turns out that my command of my native language is not faulty after all. According to Merriam-Webster, “peace” means:

1) a state of tranquility or quiet;
2) freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions;
3) harmony in personal relations;
4) a state or period of mutual concord between governments; and
5) used interjectionally to ask for silence or calm or as a greeting or farewell.

So what was that terrifying news that had me doubting my own mind? It was about the Pentagon — at the instructions of the Oval Office — having ordered the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS GERALD R. FORD, and its strike group of five destroyers to redeploy from their current positions in various parts of the world to the U.S. Southern Command in the Caribbean, allegedly to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States.” [Konstantin Toropin, AP, October 24, 2025.]

In other words, South and Central American drug dealers.

With more than 6,000 sailors and Marines aboard eight warships already in the region, the USS FORD would add nearly 4,500 more troops and nine squadrons of aircraft to the contingent — all, supposedly, to pursue the U.S. war against illegal drugs.

This, of course, comes on the heels of the tenth strike by the Trump administration against single small boats believed to be carrying drugs in the direction of the United States, in which at least 43 people have been killed.

Venezuela’s President Maduro has accused the U.S. of seeking “a new eternal [sic] [external?] war. . . . They promised they would never again get involved in a war, and they are fabricating a war.” [Kayla Epstein and Josh Cheetham, BBC Verify, October 25, 2025.]

But Trump, ignoring the accusation, offered this boast before leaving for Asia this morning:

“We stopped all drugs from coming in by sea. I will stop all drugs from coming in by land very shortly. You’ll see that starting.” [Id.]

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So I ask you: How can an individual who has labeled himself “the Peace President” justify carrying out what should be an internal battle against illegal drugs by preemptively attacking and killing suspected foreign criminals outside U.S. territory? According to Secretary of Defense — or, as he prefers to be called, Secretary of WAR — Pete Hegseth:

“If you are a narco-terrorist smuggling drugs in our hemisphere, we will treat you like we treat Al-Qaeda. Day or NIGHT, we will map your networks, track your people, hunt you down, and kill you.” [Id.]

Note the terminology:

“Narco-terrorist.” “Terrorists” are what Vladimir Putin labels any groups or individuals who oppose him . . . right before he has them arrested, imprisoned, or eliminated.

“In our hemisphere.” Not on our territory, or in our coastal waters. But anywhere in “our” half of the world.

“We will . . . hunt you down, and kill you.” Not arrest and prosecute . . . just hunt and kill.

But whom do they think they’re kidding . . . these preachers of “peace” who travel the world, ordering others to stop the fighting and invading and slaughtering?

This isn’t about drugs; we have the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for that. This is the excuse they needed to justify launching an all-out invasion in order to overthrow the existing Venezuelan regime.

Which places them squarely in the same league as this butcher:

Welcome to the new America.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/25/25