Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 1: If Monroe Saw It: Why Sinking Cartel Boats Looks Like History Repeating

This episode imagines how President James Monroe would view modern U.S. interdiction in the Caribbean, from Coast Guard seizures to naval attacks on cartel vessels.

It argues Monroe would see these actions as necessary maintenance of hemispheric order: decisive, legitimate, restrained, and aimed at protecting trade, sovereignty, and regional stability rather than projecting empire.