Kash Patel's 'Al Qaeda' analogy amid Venezuela tension: US headed for Afghanistan war-like disaster?

FBI Director Kash Patel, in a high-stakes Senate hearing, called for drug trafficking organizations to be treated with the same urgency and severity as al Qaeda after 9/11, pledging years of aggressive operations against cartels. His statement followed Trump’s announcement of US military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats in international waters, operations that have sparked legal and ethical debate given the lack of congressional authorization and scant evidence disclosed.