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You can’t fix crime with education and opportunities; criminals can only be stopped with force.
X ^ | 01/17/2026 | Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador

Posted on 01/17/2026 5:45:13 PM PST by SmokingJoe

You can’t fix crime with education and opportunities; criminals can only be stopped with force.

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Nayib Bukele should know. Changed El Salvador from murder capital of the world to safest country in South/Central America.
1 posted on 01/17/2026 5:45:13 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

more educated criminals, more sophisticated crimes


2 posted on 01/17/2026 6:07:01 PM PST by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: SmokingJoe

Bukele is excellent, l hope he has plenty of security.


3 posted on 01/17/2026 6:07:07 PM PST by iamgalt
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He knows something about security.
He’s been fighting these drug cartel killers for quite a while.
They’d have killed him long ago if they could.


4 posted on 01/17/2026 6:11:48 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: californian by choice

Yup.

“Nothing emboldens sin more than mercy’’.


5 posted on 01/17/2026 6:13:21 PM PST by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: SmokingJoe

It is hard to regain control but the Scandinavians used to do pretty well aside from their immigrants.


6 posted on 01/17/2026 6:23:10 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Not entirely true.

If you "educate" the criminals that punishment will surely follow they tend to stop committing crimes.

The main root cause of crime is the conviction that you will get away with it.

7 posted on 01/17/2026 6:25:59 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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I happened to be driving through a marginal neighborhood a few days ago, and my gaze fell upon an outdoor basketball court with a roof over it, completely surrounded by rusty chain-link fencing. The roof was made of metal that had been painted white, but which now also showed significant rust.

I wondered "what the heck is that," and then a long-ago memory re-surfaced. Midnight basketball.

8 posted on 01/17/2026 6:26:51 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Bring back consequences .... For EVERYBODY.

Choices matter.
Self responsibility is necessary.


9 posted on 01/17/2026 6:29:43 PM PST by Whatever Works
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"You can’t fix crime with education and opportunities; criminals can only be stopped with force."

Does that include illegal aliens?

10 posted on 01/17/2026 6:29:58 PM PST by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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You can't compare Scandinavians (before Somali invasion) to El Salvador drug cartel killers.
You can't go gentle with these vermin.
They'd kill you quick.
11 posted on 01/17/2026 6:35:05 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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Illegal alien criminals?
Absolutely.
They are some of the worst killers/rapists in America.


12 posted on 01/17/2026 6:36:43 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“f you “educate” the criminals that punishment will surely follow they tend to stop committing crimes.”

How’d that work out with Somali “immigrants” is Minnesota?
From pirates in Somalia to massive fraudsters in Minnesota after getting educated in America?


13 posted on 01/17/2026 6:40:09 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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My point was that his comment by no means is literal and universal, sometimes you have to use violence to retake control but obviously many civilized nations/populations don’t need it.


14 posted on 01/17/2026 6:47:04 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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They got educated that punishment did not follow crime.

Reward did.

So they did more crime.

When sure punishment follows crime, crime goes down.

When reward follows crime, crime goes up.

15 posted on 01/17/2026 6:54:17 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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“...They got educated that punishment did not follow crime.
Reward did....”

To the tune of billions, if not trillions, of our hard-earned tax dollars.
All NEVER to be seen again. Punishment? Whadda joke.
Makes one feel like bellying right up there to pay their “fair share” of taxes again. No matter how much one despises these theiving basstids, it’s not enough. Spit.


16 posted on 01/17/2026 7:35:50 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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Mr. Rat, I have a writ here that says you are to stop eating Chen Lee’s cornmeal forthwith. Now, It’s a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of same! [to Mattie] See? He doesn’t pay any attention to me. ‘[shoots the rat] You can’t serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You either kill him or let him be.


17 posted on 01/17/2026 7:55:17 PM PST by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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Much respect is due Bukele.

I saw his interview with Tucker Carlson (yeah, I know, but IIRC it was before Tucker went Candace on us).

Actually, the other way is to change their character, and that is a work of God in their lives. If they become genuinely redeemed, their lives will show it in stopping crime.


18 posted on 01/17/2026 9:32:10 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: jmacusa

Sadly, that is true.


19 posted on 01/17/2026 9:34:36 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

The root cause of all misdeeds is lying. In order to commit such deeds you must first lie to yourself and tell yourself it is okay to do so.


20 posted on 01/17/2026 10:35:10 PM PST by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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