Military not the ‘best tool’ to stop drug interdictions

“I don’t think the military is the best tool to use for any number of reasons. I would employ the Coast Guard. It may be reinforced by the US military, which we did by the way during my tenure, but to me, it’s a law enforcement action,” Esper said on Tuesday during the Wall Street Journal’s board of directors council summit. “I would want to capture those traffickers,” he added. “I would want to find out what they’re carrying, where they’re carrying it to, who they got their instructions from, who’s paying them. I’d want to unravel the network, not…