Sigh.
Looking at the responses from the right...as usual...there is no nuance to what they are thinking. Trump offering US troops to come in and "take care of" the Cartels makes about as much sense as Mexico offering to provide their troops to be stationed in America to handle the American junkies that make the Cartels rich. If you all on the right think that would be stupid (and it is), then you should be able to make the mental leap to understand Mexico's refusal of Trump's offer.
Basically, if you do special ops to assassinate, go ahead. Cartel leadership is like a hydra, new heads just keeping up. They are all ready to murder each other, so the threat of US spec ops isn't going to deter them. Plus, if you are a Clancy fan, read "Clear and Present Danger" where even Clancy not only makes this point, but also why he feels doing it is morally wrong and illegal.
So, you want to put boots on the ground in a more obvious fashion? Entire units, operating from US bases, in connection with Mexican authorities and their army who will be riddled with corruption? Go ahead. Be prepared for narco-terrorism. Be prepared for years of being slogged down in a war that can't be won short of actually invading and taking over Mexico. Which will result in...the world making us a pariah state, Mexico's corruption problems become our problems. and those Mexicans who you wanted a wall to be built against, will now not have to worry about said wall anymore since Mexico will become part of America, which means you will pay more in taxes to teach everyone to speak English and to provide basic services at the very least. On top of which, you will be fighting an insurgency of communists and Cartel members who go underground. A situation, not unknown to them.
Now, no matter what level of military intervention that is desired, Trump and his collection of shitheads will learn what we have already known, but due to DOGE and other cuts, is that generally speaking...Mexico is not the only place where drugs come from. It depends on the type of drug. If we are talking heroin (and meth), then yes, quite a bit of it would be Mexico...but also from Asia, which also happens to be a where the majority of the US' fentanyl comes from. Cocaine is from Central and South America with smuggling routes from in and out of Mexico and the Caribbean. So, simply shut down Mexico, right? Well....
We will have to invade Mexico to accomplish that. With the problems I mentioned in paragraph three. And...that opens up the other players to get their drugs into the US as well. They will simply re-route. So, how do you stop that? Take over Asia? Take over Central and Southern America? Special ops won't stop anything of consequence; at best, cause a blip in a supply for a moment. So, it's going to have to be invasion costing lives and treasure for decades to come.
But even then...even then...that might NOT be enough. Why? Because if there's one thing we know about capitalism it is this: if there is a market, there is profit to be made, and a way to make money will be found. And no one, not even Trump, has even tried, in any significant way (and I do mean no one) to figure out how to stop Americans from being junkies and providing such a lucrative market for the word's drug dealers.
Until that gets fixed, none of this MAGA, wet dream bullshit will ever come to anything.
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