Boat strikes ‘aren’t the answer’ to US drug problems, general says

The U.S. military’s lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific “aren’t the answer” to the country’s drug problems, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the commander of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), said during a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill.  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) asked Donovan what evidence the military has that its…