An all-out war between the Mexican police and the drug cartels has been going on over the recent arrest of a cartel boss.
In response, the Mexican government put its tail between its legs and surrendered…saying ‘‘we don’t want a war’’
Why don’t they just use their military to do a full-scale wipeout of the cartels? I think President Trump would gladly let the US military take out the cartels. Why don’t they just ask for help?
Does anyone have a better understanding of why the government of Mexico displays such cowardly and weak behavior?
Mexico is a corrupt shithole and they are fast on their way to becoming a total narco-state. I say let it happen, it would give President Trump the the authority and pretext to invade Mexico and wipe out the government and the cartels.
Obrador ran on a platform of not taking violent action against the cartels, which to me means that he’s their guy. Releasing the boss of El Chapo’s cartel was a signal that he will do as he’s told.
Sucks. I used to vacation in Cozumel a lot. Now I won’t go back. Not worth getting beheaded and gangraped by chainsaws and machetes for the beaches and drinks. Diving in Cozumel was the best anywhere though.
Didn’t he also make members of the military swear some kind of loyalty oath to him personally? He’s probably worried about a military coup because of his corruption.
Aren’t the cartels better armed than the military there? If I were in his position (which I wouldn’t be dumb enough to be in, in the first place), I’d kinda back off from them too. Unless people in North America lay off the coke and illegal firearms, the cartels will still have a lot of power there.
Tom Clancy predicted that Mexico would become a failed state and the US in some capacity would have to go in to clean up. That was back in early 2000’s and it would appear that his prediction is becoming true.
The biggest thing that has changed is the math, the cartels are fabulously wealthy where in 1848 and 1916 the border bandits were not very well funded at all and mostly fighting with substandard weapons and tactics.
If we had to roll in on the ground the price would be much higher for us this time around.
With all the intel the DEA and CIA have on them they can’t sneeze or fart without an agent smelling it so treat them like the terrorists they are target all of their HVT’s command and control, supply chains and stockpiles of both weapons and everything they use to fund their operations and hit them like a tidal wave with air/missile/drones with a shock and awe campaign they’d never forget.
What you are suggesting would certainly be something to behold and would change forever the dynamic of the border crossings and its fortifications! If something like that happened it should be treated like how we dealt with Iraq in the reconstruction phase.
