• paper_moon@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    So, here’s the thing. We all know Trump’s a bastard. If they use him to try to control the cartel’s he’ll pretty much just take over Mexico once the troops are in the border.

    In this case the enemy of my enemy doesn’t apply here, because your enemy’s enemy is a fascist asshole with no satiation for power and money.

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      24 hours ago

      I don’t think we’d be able to take over Mexico just like that. Fighting cartel’s would be nearly impossible given they have billions of dollars, are in their own territory, and don’t have any rules of engagement.

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        24 hours ago

        True, other option I hadn’t thought of is to use war time to stay in power, so we’re ‘forever at war’ with Mexico to keep his dictatorship going

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          23 hours ago

          I’m fairly certain that’s where this shit is going to end up.

          Fuck everything, I’m gonna move to the EU and work for Dassault Systemes or Rheinmetall or Naval Group and try to help them build enough stuff so Europe has a fighting chance when the orangeboi regime/dynasty turns their greedy fucking eyes towards that continent.

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      Also, what exactly is it that drug cartels do that they think Trump has a problem with? Murder? Kidnapping? Human trafficking? Rape? Selling harmful addictive products? Trump loves all that shit, the only thing he’s got against Mexican drug cartels is that they’re Mexican