The War on Drugs will continue despite Democrats’ complaints

Published September 26, 2025 1:42pm ET



Air Force Special Operations Command leadership said in a roundtable yesterday that its men are ready to escalate targeted operations against narcotics traffickers in South America, making it evident that the United States is ready to take on foreign enemies despite Democrats’ refusal to put America first. 

“We are prepped to go where the nation needs us. We are doing things that you’d expect out of special operations, just in the sense that we need to be ready to go,” Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said during the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space, & Cyber Conference media roundtable. 

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