Wouldn't it make more sense for the U.S to help Mexico fight drug cartels?
We're wasting our time and money in the Middle East when something else is happening right at our doorstep. Drug cartels have been acting more like terrorists in Mexico in the last couple of months, and we haven't done much about it considering we're the main consumer of drugs that are produced over there. And the drug cartels are buying all of their artillery over here so we are involved in this too, so aren't we doing much to help?
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Yea well we already have been funding them for many years. Are you implying that we should send our special forces there? I'm ok with that sort of plan.
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I say we just add Mexico as our 51st state.
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We would be wasting our time "helping" the Mexicans too. We would be better off temporarily seizing the border and whacking the Cartel warlords and their troops.
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It would make more sense to pull our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and invade Mexico.
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No it would not. It would make more sense to end prohibition, and permit Mexico to do the same. They can't because the US government won't let them. They also control Canada's drug laws. North American Union.
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We've been helping for years.
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How about we seal off the southern border? Makes more sense than both of your choices.
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No. The police are just as corrupt and are part of those same cartels. They know how to Stop their own people without our help. It's about money and Drugs bring in big bucks. If people in the states were not Drug addicted, they would not have a chance and go out of business. Who was it that said a society that is annestitized is most easily conquered? The cartels just sent the head of an investigator, trying to get information about a murdered American in Cancun. to the police station in Mexico The Department of State has issued warnings to Americans Not to go to Mexico because of the drug wars being carried out there and in Central America. We need to shore up our own act, stop mass Illegal immigration, Build a Wall and secure the Borders, with a few troops and drones to stop it from spilling over into the United States and Check our Ports.
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The biggest blow we could deal the drug cartels would be to legalize drugs. That would almost immediately end most of the violence.
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It would make more sense to make drugs legal so that no one would have to wage a war on them. Furthermore, if both governments would stop trying to regulate peoples' personal choices as to what they want to put in their own body the violence caused by drug wars would come to a screeching halt.
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We are helping but I'm not sure how. All I know is that agreements were made between the Obama administration and Mexico to help defeat the drug cartels.
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Depending on which news or magazine article you read, the U.S. has been providing "aid" to Mexico to fight this infection, since 1965, to the total tune of 180 BILLION dollars ( + - ). That doesn't include massive training, weapons, ammunition stores, technology and armor. Closing the border was brought up by Ronald Reagan in 1972 when he was Governor of California. Doesn't "something" strike anyone else about how this massive aid has only compromised the U.S. MORE ? Why are we even considering letting this third rate country, with the "most" corrupt government in the world, interfere in our internal affairs ? The Mexican President has made comments that 30 years ago probably would have led to war. Today, the Democrats embrace, condone and encourage this insanity. Why ? What's "really" going on with this nightmare ? Answer: Mexico has repeatedly "refused" any military forces and in fact, has challenged Border Patrols who accidentally cross into Mexican territory, with "military" forces. Why would Mexico "want" to stop this "free money" flow into a country where the average wage is so very low.
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You are right, We should be defending our OWN borders and strenthening up our security. We have almost left it too late because of the Governments refusal to listen to it's own people! Those guys in Iraq have had ample time to get their act together. They are never going to change their ways not in a million years. Help Mexico? Mexico should be helping itself! They have an Army, they should be stopping these illegals from sneaking across the border along with all their drug cartel members!!!
