Trump says he could send US military into Mexico to ‘wage WAR’ on drug cartels

[Ottonomous]

Here we go again

Trump proposes idiotic solution to a problem, knowing his base will lap it up
People point out obvious flaws
Repubs everywhere try everything to defend it instead of admitting he's stupid

How many times are we going to go through this?

 

[soulcougher73]

Or...we could just legalize and tax drugs and put the cartels out of business. no loss of life, save money, make money. Win/win

 

[IronWing]

Or...we could just legalize and tax drugs and put the cartels out of business. no loss of life, save money, make money. Win/win

Private prisons and law enforcement would lose too much money.

 

[brycejones]

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Unless someone else was President, that happened under Obama's admin.

Fail!

Seems to be missing any link to Obama asking for or ordering audits. Do you have actual evidence that he did such a thing?

 

[theeedude]

I'd go but got bone spurs, sorry

 

[ch33zw1z]

I must've missed the part where the WoD™ had ended

 

[K1052]

Private prisons and law enforcement would lose too much money.

Even more wins for people under US jurisdiction then.

 

[Paratus]

Well we know just who to send.

One might say this represents a “clear and present danger” to the US?

 

[WelshBloke]

Private prisons and law enforcement would lose too much money.

Plus gun manufacturers.

It would be interesting to see how much money is generated by "legal" aspects of the international drug trade.

 

[interchange]

My goodness. I know enough to know this is extremely complicated. Which is enough to know I don't want Trump anywhere near it. I'm perplexed at AMLO reaching out. Publicly declaring that you are considering foreign military intervention against the cartels sounds like a death wish over there. If some military aid actually could help, it would certainly be in US interest, although perhaps not Trump's trade interest. NAFTA helped empower the cartels to bully e.g. the avocado industry.

 

[Jhhnn]

Plus gun manufacturers.

It would be interesting to see how much money is generated by "legal" aspects of the international drug trade.

I'm pretty sure straw purchases for the cartels help keep gunshops open in the Southwest. I figure every junkie in Arizona theoretically owns an AR or AK they couldn't find if their life depended upon it.

 

[K1052]

I'm pretty sure straw purchases for the cartels help keep gunshops open in the Southwest. I figure every junkie in Arizona theoretically owns an AR or AK they couldn't find if their life depended upon it.

You would be right since 3/4ths of guns recovered in Mexico came from the US illegally.

 

[Pohemi]

If they moved to Mexico and set up their polygamy commune to escape US laws...they're not entitled to any sort of protection from the US government...nor any retaliation by the government for being murdered in Mexico.

This was my thought as well. They were not in Mexico vacationing, they had moved there knowing the risks (or were foolish if they didn't). Even though they were still US citizens, they weren't residing here. So do we invade other countries with military force any time someone is killed abroad who happens to hold U.S. citizenship even though they no longer reside here?

Not sure how I feel about it honestly...I understand the need to 'protect our own people, even abroad' but would Trump even be making these open threats in the media if it were only men that had been murdered, and not women and children, babies even?

It really doesn't matter to Trump, he'll be out of office in no more than 4-5 years anyway. Who cares how many soldiers might be killed in the process, it'll make him look good for his voters right now. Hell, it could be bullshit like much of what he says, just to rile his base up. They hate the brown people after all, any chance to go kill some of them is a blessing to the deplorables.

 

[Jhhnn]

This was my thought as well. They were not in Mexico vacationing, they had moved there knowing the risks (or were foolish if they didn't). Even though they were still US citizens, they weren't residing here. So do we invade other countries with military force any time someone is killed abroad who happens to hold U.S. citizenship even though they no longer reside here?

Not sure how I feel about it honestly...I understand the need to 'protect our own people, even abroad' but would Trump even be making these open threats in the media if it were only men that had been murdered, and not women and children, babies even?

Trump doesn't care. He's working the firehose of falsehood, perpetrating as many lies as possible.

 

[amenx]

Trump just blathering whatever comes to his mind. Its just too nonsensical to be taken seriously, certainly by his defense and security advisers who should straighten him out. It would be an unmitigated disaster if anything of the sort were carried out. You would have hundreds of Americans in Mexico kidnapped and hung from bridges or decapitated soon enough.

 

[sportage]

Ok, invade Mexico but.... SAVE THE CHURROS.

 

[Jaskalas]

...at the invitation of Mexico...

But that will never happen. So why bother mentioning it? Pipe dream?

 

[theeedude]

130K people killed in Mexico violence: meh, let's deport some more there
2 white women killed in Mexico: DEFCON 1

 

[dank69]

* If asked by Mexico first. Slightly misleading headline but this is business as usual.

What would you estimate the chances are that they will ask us? On a scale of 0 to 0.0?

 

[Jhhnn]

But that will never happen. So why bother mentioning it? Pipe dream?

Just trying to lend plausibilty to another of Trump's falsehoods.

 

[HomerJS]

Or...we could just legalize and tax drugs and put the cartels out of business. no loss of life, save money, make money. Win/win

That would never occur to Trumptards

 

[HomerJS]

130K people killed in Mexico violence: meh, let's deport some more there
2 white women killed in Mexico: DEFCON 1

What did Trump say when one of our citizens killed and English teen? Stuff happens

I guess we take the Trump tactic and just move on.

 

[JEDIYoda]

* If asked by Mexico first. Slightly misleading headline but this is business as usual.

How is the headline misleading?? That is what Trump said.....
complain to yahoo about the headline...

 

[imported_tajmahal]

You would be right since 3/4ths of guns recovered in Mexico came from the US illegally.

Can you say Fast N Furious and Obama scandal?

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[Viper1j]

Bad, bad idea…..

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

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.

Putin's cock holster, wants to invade a sovereign nation.

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse...

In the words of Disturbed, perhaps it's finally time to "Get down with the sickness".
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