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Bad, bad idea…..
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Donald Trump has suggested sending the US Army over the border into Mexico to “wage WAR” on drug cartels.
US president said his country stood “ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively” if Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, asked him for help.
His suggestion came after an American family was slaughtered by gunmen during an ambush in Mexico’s Sonora state.
Mr Trump tweeted: “A wonderful family and friends from Utah got caught between two vicious drug cartels, who were shooting at each other, with the result being many great American people killed, including young children, and some missing.
“If Mexico needs or requests help in cleaning out these monsters, the United States stands ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively. The great new President of Mexico has made this a big issue, but the cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!
“This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth. We merely await a call from your great new president!”
At least nine members of the Mormon family, including twin babies, were killed.
The group belonged to the LeBaron family – a Mormon community that broke away from the main body of the faith and settled in northern Mexico some decades ago.
Relative Julian LeBaron described the attack as a “massacre” and said four boys, two girls and three women had been killed. Some were burnt alive, he said.
The state governments in Sonora and Chihuahua said they had launched an investigation.
Mr Trump has long used the threat of violent crime within Mexico for political ends, blaming the US’ neighbour for “sending” rapists and murderers north over their shared frontier. The rhetoric has underpinned his stringent migration policies and border strategy.
Trump says he could send US military into Mexico to ‘wage war’ on drug cartels
Donald Trump has suggested sending the US Army over the border into Mexico to “wage WAR” on drug cartels in a typically bombastic tweet.The US president said his country stood “ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively” if his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel...
www.yahoo.com
US president said his country stood “ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively” if Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, asked him for help.
His suggestion came after an American family was slaughtered by gunmen during an ambush in Mexico’s Sonora state.
Mr Trump tweeted: “A wonderful family and friends from Utah got caught between two vicious drug cartels, who were shooting at each other, with the result being many great American people killed, including young children, and some missing.
“If Mexico needs or requests help in cleaning out these monsters, the United States stands ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively. The great new President of Mexico has made this a big issue, but the cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!
“This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth. We merely await a call from your great new president!”
At least nine members of the Mormon family, including twin babies, were killed.
The group belonged to the LeBaron family – a Mormon community that broke away from the main body of the faith and settled in northern Mexico some decades ago.
Relative Julian LeBaron described the attack as a “massacre” and said four boys, two girls and three women had been killed. Some were burnt alive, he said.
The state governments in Sonora and Chihuahua said they had launched an investigation.
Mr Trump has long used the threat of violent crime within Mexico for political ends, blaming the US’ neighbour for “sending” rapists and murderers north over their shared frontier. The rhetoric has underpinned his stringent migration policies and border strategy.
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