Marco Rubio Defends U.S. Military Operations in Its Hemisphere Against European Interference

In a decisive statement from Toronto, Senator Marco Rubio made it crystal clear that the United States holds full sovereign authority to conduct military operations within its own hemisphere. This assertion came amid rising tensions over recent U.S. operations targeting drug-laden vessels in the Caribbean Sea, which have drawn sharp criticism from European officials but remain unequivocally necessary for American national security. Who Decides America’s Defense? Certainly Not Europe During the G7 foreign ministers meeting held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, Rubio dismissed any notion that European nations can dictate the legality or appropriateness of U.S. military actions near its shores. "The...