re: Trump potentially doing a soft invasion into Mexico?

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1st step is officially labeling the Cartels as terrorist organizations

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best idea I've seen - get the ball rolling there - concentrate on money transfers - see who squawks.

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we had better be prepared for the narco-terrorism that will come with it.

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Most of them are very smart. They know this is the one thing not to do lest you, your family and entire operation will be hunted down and removed permanently. They would most likely lay low and bide their time.

There is a MUCH bigger picture in play here, economically speaking. Mexico shares time zones, geographic proximity, a border, etc. with us and would be a fantastic replacement for China.

The obstacle is the cartels/instability. We can’t establish Mexico’s manufacturing base until they’re gone and things are stable.

The Mexican gov’t isn’t going to kill their golden goose unless they have a guaranteed bigger goose.

Brazil is a similar situation minus the shared border and a slightly different problem.

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Who made them an enemy? I simply said they would not have the balls to iron up with us. Thats not making an enemy thats just a pure and simple fact.

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Putting US troops in Mexico without their consent would very much make them an enemy

Leave Mexico alone but lock the border down tighter than Ft Knox. Any cartel members on this side? Exterminate them if they so much as look like they are pulling a gun. Put cartel drug traffickers and human traffickers in cells with no windows for decades. Seize cartel assets in the US. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. repeat.


The actual workings of the cartels can be Mexico’s problem. But the message to keep your shite out of the US needs to be loud and clear.

Without blasting the guys in Cali, Colombia, you are just creating space for younger cartel members to establish something new.

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I don’t know how anyone who’s read about the history of US relations with Mexico thinks playing whack-a-mole down there is productive. It has never worked. And we have tried it before—several times.

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Really? Texas says hello. Seemed to worked out all right in that instance.

well if you control the bridges of the panama canal, you essentially stop foot and car traffic that turns into caravans to US border. perhaps part of a comprehensive plan?

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"You can prepare all you want, but if the Delta Force wants you dead, you're going to be dead"

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John "Shrek" McPhee
Former 1st SFOD-D Operator

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Targeted assassinations isn’t going to take down the cartels. We’d have to occupy the whole damn region for decades to fully do something like that. Which obviously isn’t on the table because we aren’t going to war with Mexico and can’t afford it anyway.

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Trump should do the GWOT: Sepia edition!