Posted on 04/19/2023 4:16:34 PM PDT by qaz123
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that he supports a proposal from Reps. Michael Waltz (R-FL) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) that would authorize the use of military force against Mexican drug cartels to target the criminal enterprises and dismantle them.
“I would do that,” Trump said when asked about the congressmen’s Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation that they have recently proposed.
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LOL. You honestly think only demrats are sold out to the cartels? SMDH.
DeSantis will release a copy of this policy momentarily.
Stand by….
You’re going to have to invade and occupy Mexico if you really want to get the cartels.
Do we have the stomach to do it? I seriously doubt it.
Simple solution: Give our Special Forces something to do on our shores and whack the cartels here in America. Silent but deadly.. slit throats and move on to the next target. We did this to the enemy in Viet Nam.
Say that to a SEAL in a dark ally and watch what happens.
The US is under attack and it isn’t in Bakhmut. Everything should be on the table to secure our borders.
A cruise missile into the home compound of a cartel leader might make a rather loud statement. Blow up their cars, houses, and boats. Maybe shoot their children and wives. Knock off the underlings. Do to them as they do to others. Make their life less glamorous. Send the low level mules and pushers to Gitmo as POWs.
Don’t forget China’s part in the fentanyl racket.
Problem one. Using the military to attack civilians in another country is illegal. Problem two, the military is not a police agency. What if the people on the other end surrender? This is why we have a prison in Cuba. Bring them to the United States and they are under the civilian legal system. Since they were arrested by the military under military rules, they were not read their “rights” so they’ll be released...probably in the US. All completely legal and insane. Also, do you want to pay for their legal help? I don’t.
If Mexico asked the US for help even then using the military would be problematic. Also, there is so much money in play that no one can be trusted, at any level.
The answer to the problem is to cut down the US demand for drugs. Yes, that would be hard as much of that demand comes from people wearing suits and ties and working at highly paid US jobs, like Senator, Governor and Congressman. We are told drug users are low-level nobodies, but that is not the case. It’s stock brokers.
We could cut down demand but there is no political will to do so.
We have proven over and over that where there is a demand for a product there will be a supply. We were better off when a few cartels ran the trade because they could only import what they could import. But the US broke up the cartels and created a PERFECT FREE MARKET, which is infinitely more efficient. Thus, the price of drugs has steadily declined in real dollars since the cartels fell. This is because if you went down there and tried to buy coke to import, the cartels would kill you. Now, thousands of people go down, but a relatively small amount, and bring it back with them. Far more is imported now than when the cartels ran the show.
If we actually want to do something, and I doubt the will is there, then it should be well thought out and not a sound bite, sounds-good solution.
I love Trump but sometimes I wish he’d be less vocal.
We run and own the Cartels, WTF is he talking about?? Maybe he has never heard of the CIA?
You’re going to have to invade and occupy Mexico if you really want to get the cartels.
Do we have the stomach to do it? I seriously doubt it.
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I don’t agree with Trump on this, but I’m not going to get worked up over it either.
Also, I don’t think this is going anywhere.
I concur with President Trump’s plan.
Many POTUS both of Ds and Rs would have done that. We live in a Declining country nahh…a dying country so it seems extreme.
Pope would have done it.
Jackson
Grant
Teddy R
Madison
Many more.
WTH?
POLK….sorry.
You eliminate one, another one pops right up, it’s “Whack-A-Mole”.
Dont drag Desantis into another One of Trumps ridiculous , illegal , and
dumb ideas .
Only a person who has never served and gotten five deferments could think this was a good idea.
Forget the cartels!
Use the military to crush Mexico, including the migrant invader vermin already in our country...
Instead of violating Mexican sovereignty, we need to start burying the drug dead on the grounds of their former schools to educate youth that recreational drug use is risky.
Jack Junkie
2002-2023
fentanyl
cocaine
Francis Foolish
2003-2022
heroin
Mary Middling
1997-2023
fentanyl
meth
Who is advising Trump that something like this is even possible? They are making him look like a fool.
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