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When US media carry water for Mexican drug cartels
American Thinker ^ | 26 Jan, 2025 | Jack Hellner

Posted on 01/26/2025 5:16:43 AM PST by MtnClimber

So if Trump goes after the cartels, that will make things...worse?

Mexican cartels are making billions trafficking illegals and drugs across our border. They are allowing dangerous gangs and terrorists to invade the U.S and destroy our country.

They are raping and killing women and children.

Mexico essentially does nothing to control the cartels. The cartels control the politicians.

But somehow, going to where the cartels are with special forces will make things worse. They say it will destabilize things. Cartels making billions each year committing crimes is destabilizing. Why would we want to keep things stable?

Trump says he could send US special operators after Mexican drug cartels. It could make things a lot worse.

- Trump and others have floated sending US special operations forces to Mexico to combat cartels.

- Experts told Business Insider that intervention in Mexico could create instability.

- SOF missions like foreign internal defense could be prudent, but only to augment nonmilitary approaches.

Trump world is kicking around the idea of sending special operations forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels. There's a risk these operations could make things worse, experts said.

While designating Mexican cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations" on Monday, President Donald Trump was asked by reporters whether he would consider sending US special operations personnel to Mexico.

This reminds me of all the experts in the Obama and Biden administration who continually thought that the way to make the world safer was to appease Iran and Russia.

We were constantly told that the unsophisticated Trump and his people would make the world more dangerous.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: cartels; crime; leftism; media; msm
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1 posted on 01/26/2025 5:16:43 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Funny how the left only attacks honest people and appeases evil. They are certainly playing for the other team.


2 posted on 01/26/2025 5:17:11 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Translation: the US media and Mexican cartels have the same CIA/Deep State sponsors.


3 posted on 01/26/2025 5:19:11 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: MtnClimber

This will only help Mexico not hurt it.


4 posted on 01/26/2025 5:34:54 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: MtnClimber

Maybe, instead of sending all 87,000 IRS agents to the border Trump should send a few thousand to look into the finances of the media. They may be receiving kickbacks from the cartels.


5 posted on 01/26/2025 5:39:45 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: MtnClimber

If Trump goes after the Cartels, expect beheadings in the USA and car bombs in Mall parking lots. Just steel yourselves.


6 posted on 01/26/2025 5:44:33 AM PST by MMusson ( )
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To: MtnClimber

For the Mediots, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.


7 posted on 01/26/2025 5:49:16 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: MtnClimber

Everyone talks about commandos. What they are freaking out about is money. Banks and businesses that launder the money are in grave risk of seizure and their CEOs getting arrested. Looking at you HSBC, Wells Fargo, BofA.


8 posted on 01/26/2025 5:49:29 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: MMusson
expect beheadings in the USA

Already here.

9 posted on 01/26/2025 5:49:58 AM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: MtnClimber

The biggest problem I see with all this blather is the simple plain fact that WE THE USA OWN THE CARTELS, They work for US, We are their Daddy.


10 posted on 01/26/2025 5:52:46 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

How corrupt is that?! Very!


11 posted on 01/26/2025 5:59:41 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: 9YearLurker

I certainly believe that. Also, the so called ‘media’ are pathologically addicted to the perks they enjoy with Liberals in the WH.

That sense of superiority they get from being cozy with Liberal leadership is nauseating to me but an absolute necessity of life for them


12 posted on 01/26/2025 6:04:16 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: MtnClimber

The way forward is really not difficult.

First, fire all the lawyers telling you what can and what cannot be done. Just don’t worry about “legality”

The DEA knows where everything is. Simply send drones in a very large strike and just kill everything. It might be necessary to take her out too.


13 posted on 01/26/2025 6:06:28 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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"Experts told Business Insider that intervention in Mexico could create instability."

Something better get "unstable" pretty darn quick or we're all going to be paying tribute to the cartels.

We know the demon rats do love their narcotics but if we don't put a stop to this invasion the future of the U.S. will be nil and void.

14 posted on 01/26/2025 6:08:22 AM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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The US government needs to tax and control the remittances. This will require an act of Congress. Trump needs to wine and dine key representatives and senators at the White House often.

To send a remittance should require a picture ID of the sender that the US government knows about. The sender should be at least 18 years of age so anchor baby can’t be used to send money by a parent.

The remittance tax should be progressive to make the use of third-party senders expensive. The rate on the first $2,000 taxed should be a modest 10%, the rate on the second $2,000 might be 15%, the rate on the third $2,000 might be 20%, and the top rate might be 25%.

The tax amounts should be computed looking back 12 months.

The rates should be low enough so the invaders will not use untaxed transfer arrangements.

Foreigners should only be able to send to their native country. Persons whose birth country is unknown should not be able to wire money. All that is to prevent invaders from say Honduras from wiring money to cartels in Mexico.


15 posted on 01/26/2025 6:10:19 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: DesertRhino

“What they are freaking out about is money.”

The key is to stop invasion from being lucrative.


16 posted on 01/26/2025 6:12:56 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: McGavin999

“...the finances of the media. They may be receiving kickbacks from the cartels.”

The cartels don’t have to ask the media for anything. The media wants more eyeballs, especially eyeballs of younger people looking to buy things.


17 posted on 01/26/2025 6:15:37 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

“Funny how the left only attacks honest people and appeases evil. They are certainly playing for the other team.”

The left has a lot of vote-buying thieves.

The left also think they’ll continue to be in charge. Ask the pandering congressman AOC replaced how that worked out.


18 posted on 01/26/2025 6:19:23 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

The left can be counted on to be spectacularly wrong about, well, everything. If the question is “should we do something about the cartels?” and the wrongest answer is “no, we shouldn’t” then that will be the left’s answer.


19 posted on 01/26/2025 6:22:02 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: bert

“Just don’t worry about ‘legality’”

That’s not going to fly. The law schools seek out only leftists. This ensures the judiciary is mainly leftist and in opposition to Trump. The judiciary has the final say.

The ICE needs to seek out judicial warrants for its operations.


20 posted on 01/26/2025 6:25:47 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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