Interdictions and captures have been replaced by detections and explosions. Timid and traditional diplomacy has been replaced by strategy and strength. Nicolas Maduro will soon face the diplomacy of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the most powerful and persuasive armed ship in the world.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell has stated that, in support of the president’s directive to dismantle transnational criminal organizations, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.

“The enhanced U.S. force presence," Parnell said, "will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the U.S.”

The USS Gerald R. Ford is moving away from the Mediterranean Sea and the conflict in Gaza to address what appears to be the United States' top priority: the Cartel of the Suns and its

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