Why do so Many Republicans Want to Attack Mexico?

[@ericbotondbatternay8452]

It’s naive to think military intervention would stop this drug epidemic, there will be another source and the same problems will remain. There are deeper issues that need to be fixed domestically.

[@okman9684]

Yeah just look at the opium wars

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

​@@okman9684those were the exact opposite

[@ironwoodworkman4917]

Worked for Russia. AKA Siberia. But why use Empirical Facts. Feels over facts right?

[@WhichDoctor1]

It’s not about stopping drugs, if the Republicans cared about the Fentinol epidemic they’d tax the pharmaceutical companies that made fortunes getting people hooked in the first place and invest that money in to rehab and harm prevention. But the pharmaceutical industry gives them millions in donations. So It’s about having a weak and or external enemy to posture at and blame to distract the public from the people really responsible for most of the nations problems, the rich and powerful

[@Mohagnito94]

​@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231yup. Britain literally hooked an entire nation to Heroin

[@ImStillWoody]

As an American I can confidently say that the VAST Majority of the US Population doesn't want a new war or an invasion of Mexico. We do want the drug trading and human trafficking to stop but a war is like going from 0 to 100 we've barely done enough peacefully to even justify a war.

[@arx3516]

Especially because Mexico is a bordering country, and some attacks could get through the border.

[@dqdq4083]

As an American, I 200% support a full invasion of Mexico. The government is complicit in sending drugs and migrants our way just as Belarus did to Europe. Mexico needs to be occupied rather than Syria, Iraq or niger

[@urubissoldat5452]

Look at the polling.

[@Flipflop437]

An invasion of Mexico would be very, VERY unpopular in the US. They are one of our most important trade partners, and tons of our population has heritage in Mexico. That being said, cooperatively sending troops to aid Mexico against cartels is another thing which is totally okay if Mexico agrees to it

[@pepsdeps]

Mind you that both the drug trade and human trafficking disproportionately affect Mexico and Mexican citizens, as it regular mexican people that are regularly killed and trafficked to other countries by the cartels.

[@aryanambastha4050]

Is anyone else tired of the sudden Warmongering all around us?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

US "defence" industry need customers.

[@osheridan]

People who have never been to war and never will be try not to start brutal conflict for fun challenge *[IMPOSSIBLE]*

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Sudden?

[@DarkKnight52365]

these politicians got paid for the military industrial complex to be warmongers

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

Yes, absolutly

[@missly5657]

Stop buying their drugs and selling them guns…

[@edgarorube3641]

The crazy part is that Mexico has been engaged in war against the cartels since 2006 (officially) and has even used US advisors to wage it. We're living in the fallout of the first and second stages of that war, taking out larger cartel leaders and even some of the larger carels fractured them and left a power vacuum that became more violent. Things have become less violent in the past few years (believe it or not). The labs a lot of the cartels use now days are a 2 person operation under a tent tarp, they move every time they cook, it's a struggle for the Mexican government to find them all. Honestly, if we wanted to actually do something against the cartels, it would be having better control of military grade weapons flooding into Mexico to arm the cartels, but since that may require some leve lof gun control the GOP would rather bomb Mexico. Mexico has been asking the US for this for decades as it would essentially disarm the cartels enough to tilt the balance (don't get me wrong, they'll still get some, but it will be less, it will be harder, and more expensive to do so). In the end, military operations are not gonna be the only thing to solve this issue whether it's by Mexico or the US. As the Mexican economy continues to improve it will start to erode away at the cartel's ability to recruit, invading will just undo all of that and bring something far far worse and I doubt anyone will be providing Mexico with aid in the case of an invasion.

[@VVayVVard]

I highly doubt the invasion in this case would require anyone to give aid, anyway, since the objective is very niche, and thereby of marginal concern to most people.

[@edgarorube3641]

@@VVayVVard That misses the point entirely, but ok. The international community doesn't care about Mexico. Got it.

[@VVayVVard]

@@edgarorube3641 Indeed, it doesn't care about the woes of Mexican cartels. If the U.S. was advocating the annexation of Mexican territory, then the situation would be different.

[@shuaty]

For one the CIA uses Mexican Cartels all the time for their information network, for intel and for exporting interogations there, etc. So It's very unlike the American government actually wants to end the drug war if it means a big source of their information network goes caput.

[@Random_UserName4269]

My understanding is the cartels aren't making the fentanyl? China is? Also, gun control? Why aren't you taking this seriously?

[@TexRex6352]

The real reason why this is becoming a popular talking point is because the other GOP candidates have no chance of catching Trump and are trying anything and everything to be relevant.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

When the other candidates are being beaten by a senile old man...

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

You should look at what is happening in Mexico right now. The ONLY difference between ISIS and CJNG and CDS is that ISIS were muslims.

[@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9]

Like saying they will raise the voting age, ban all the abortions, and invade Russia, China, Mexico, Iran. Etc

[@suzpeters6]

Funny how USA not having money to take care of homeless or Mental health but could afford war with others.

[@user-op4ft4yh5f]

year Mexican For Zombie horde TRUE

[@santiagosant3770]

Greetings from mexico. there are some inaccuracies in the video: no constitutional reform has been passed that greatly changes goverment or the electoral model . Some have been proposed but they have been rejected as amlo goverment only has simple majority, not a supermajority. also some additional consderations to the converseation. "Bombing the labs" is in practice impossible there are thousands of small units hidden in the countriside or even in urban areas. It is just a rhetoric that appeals to some voters, particulary in the primary. second, I dont think relationships are as strained as it seems: the scuffle have been well within the diplomatic tolerance of both countries, carfully avoiding escalation and more sensible disagreements and comercial disputes have been negotiated with mixed results but all mantain a legal and consented course for their resolution.

[@peksn]

Yeah, first time I downvote a tldr video, I understand they have to have clickbaity titles and stuff, but even suggesting that a war rn is remotely likely is an exaggeration that no respectable news source can state without expecting a fall in trust from its viewers. Id they wanna say a lot of republicans want war with mexico they go and look at actual polling, not at 3 dumbasses that just try to one up each other to see who says the most outrageous thing to get a handful of votes.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

You know they're calling for an annexation of Mexico, right? Just like Hawaii. You'll be state 51 or you'll be a territory like Puerto Rico.

[@wolv6897]

Hola bro, And I think that a constitutional reform won't approve for this purpuse. The priorities in the Amlo's government is not security and throughout the government there is not signs of this could improve, Obrador looks unwilling to improve foreing affairs of México.

[@santiagosant3770]

hola, @@wolv6897 . Yes i agree a constitutional reform wont solve security problems. The first part is to clarify a statement in the video that says that constitutional reform have been passed that erode democracy when talking about usa-méxico tensions.

[@kimosabid95]

@@wolv6897 I would say that the security strategy’s failure is not due to a lack of effort. I believe it’s because it’s the same strategy as past governments, but with more money. Have you seen the spending on the armed forces? It’s almost double. However, he has to say otherwise because the left historically has been more in favor of small spending on the army.

[@joaquin22266]

It can be so frustrating to see news channels cover the cartel issue and the republican proposal for intervention without mentioning crucial information from the mexican side like that Mexico has been in a state of war against the cartels since December of 2006 or that it is America enabling the cartels. Most people never seem to mention how Mexico has a single legal firearms store in the whole of the country and that nearly the whole of the cartels' arsenals are bought from the US and smuggled south into Mexico. AMLO's animosity towards the United States seems to me as being presented here as a quirk of this newest Mexican President, and although I understand these videos can't be too long, it would be nice to have a mention of the generations of "indirect" American intervention before this proposal of a new direct intervention.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

You can blame US gun laws, but south America has huge black market gun sellers, if cartels can't get guns from America they would get them from South America and Russia. Furthermore US direct interventions are not the cause of the cartels, this is a deep seated cultural issue in Mexico where the government is not trusted and crime is seen as the fastest way to wealth.

[@sergioe.7725]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor​​⁠ I agree with you, but is also important to point out that there is also a cultural problem in the US as well, drug consumption in the US is very normalized, and is that big market the one that creates the opportunity for cartels to exist in the first place.

[@Ultravenom1]

If the Mexican people were armed, the cartels would be eradicated. Zapata would never allow this.

[@nistaffsubs6787]

Nah , they don't have a " war " against Any cartel, México is a fallen State and the former Marxist president López obrador defended cartels already 🤷🏾‍♂️... Mexican president is pro cartel even police and Military work for the cartel , remember the mexican general that cia arrested because he worked for the cartel and the mexican president threatened cia to cut relations if they don't release the general , now The mexican narco general is free ...🤷🏾‍♂️ México is a fallen State that's why thousands of migrants escape from México to usa ...

[@funstuff7356]

Being an American Citizen, I understand your point of view on how it does appear like the Cartel are gaining access to the firearms being used to in essence overtake the country of Mexico, but, then why is it that at least on our media, only appears like the US is trying to stop the trafficking by trying to build a border wall and to have armed people protecting the country as best they can? I can guess it is because it is our media not having access or telling what they know, but then the honest question is, is the Mexican Government working to secure their northern border with armed guards like the US? Is the Mexican Government helping to build a wall or other structure to try and secure itself? What is the Mexican Government doing to keep its own sovereignty other than complaining about the United States and our rights and access to firearms, which the drug lords use to smuggle into the country of Mexico? Also, to your point about Mexico being in a war with the Cartel, then why not ask for help by asking for military aid to take out the people that are causing issues? The United States Citizen does have a Federal Right to keep and bear Arms, Amendment 2, so asking us to stop selling firearms to a people who have it in law saying that we have that right is not the answer. I do think it is sad that the Mexican Citizen does not have the same right or access so that they too can be armed to overpower the Cartel as a Citizen wanting to protect your home. Think of it like Los Angeles California which does have a major Gang Crime issue, if the citizen could not own firearms for protection, yet the Gangs would find a way to get their hands on those firearms black market or otherwise, then all of LA would be run by the Gangs and the citizen would have no way to fight for their home and freedom from the Gangs of LA.

[@danielbanbury378]

The idea of invading Mexico seems absolutely ludicrous

[@socksrocksandocks4824]

coming from the dudes who want to help ukraine and thier war .............

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

@@socksrocksandocks4824 Exactly. These people have no problem sending billions away from their own homeless people and hospitals to instead send it to a fucking human slaughterhouse. Meanwhile Mexico is riddled with A TON OF LITERAL TERRORIST ORGINISATIONS.

[@kevaughnramsay9846]

​@@socksrocksandocks4824Got you huh 😂

[@mariosin3256]

@@socksrocksandocks4824I don’t think you understand that Ukraine aren’t the ones invading and killing Russians, it’s the other way around

[@deeznoots6241]

Americans try to stay at peace for more than 5 years challenge(impossible)

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

How have they not learnt that you can’t JUST target the supply when it comes to drugs. You need to work on the demand aswell. And you don’t fix the demand of drugs by persecution

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Right, you regulate the American companies mass producing it to prevent them from being able to ship it outside of the country for it to then be reproduced on the cheap. ...Only to then be picked up on the cheap turned around and sold back up here for a tidy profit.

[@i_smoke_ghosts]

well said .

[@davidblair9877]

They’re conservatives. Changing their mind is very unnatural for them, even after trying the same thing over and over again.

[@macattack5863]

The Chinese opium crisis was solved by harsh treatment and closing down borders. In part this was effective because foreign actors were actively promoting/protecting the drug trade. There are parallels.

[@jjones0822]

there's nothing that can be done about the demand for drugs..

[@sebastianarias5123]

Politicians are a bunch of clowns

[@toyotaprius79]

Speaking is Israel...

[@Apollorion]

I disagree. Common clowns amuse the common public, whereas common politicians don't amuse the common public.

[@julianshepherd2038]

There is something v wrong when your democracy is Biden or Trump.

[@krashme997]

@@Apollorion Pretty sure they do. They please the gullible morons, and that's how they get elected, with populism, flashy non-solutions, and false promises.

[@Vhmvd]

@@toyotaprius79and Hamas is a whole circus.

[@MisterFoxton]

Thanks for this. Several US KZbinrs all started making cartel videos a few months ago and I was wondering what triggered this sudden interest and jingoistic talk. Turns out: its propaganda. Shocking.

[@cosmefulanito5052]

Ohhhh manufacturing consent for a war?

[@carbiv]

Yeah right. Watch any of the videos. The cartels are capable of unimaginable violence not to mention that they are the ones funneling fentanyl along with every other illicit drug in the states. Mexican government is weak and pathetic. No reason not to.

[@spaceythehuman5530]

It should be noted that polling here, in the US, they do polls through calls. Newer generations do not answer those (maybe texts but very unlikely to respond to unknown calls) awhile old generations will 100% answer. So, the polls are very inflated and we seen that in the past election cycles (especially in 2022 when it was supposed to be a red wave but really, it was a purple trickle (from 70+ seat difference to just a 5 house seats gain)).

[@luxuriouscheese]

cringe

[@pandabear4565]

Fair

[@viridianacortes9642]

Yeah dude. I do not answer any callers with number I don’t recognize. I also don’t answer the emails. Also, just because people don’t like Biden, doesn’t mean they won’t vote for him. Especially now that Trump is sounding more like Hitler and is threatening to put people in Gulags.

[@fathertimegaming17]

True young people don't answer those calls, but most of you don't show up to vote either so it doesn't matter.

[@lordoctopus8010]

@@fathertimegaming17 I mean the whole reason of bringing up the 2022 elections was because the rate of younger people voting was higher than it had been in previous midterms, and this was often cited as one of the reasons Republicans had under preformed from expectations based on polling.

[@ruleblackberry3469]

So Republican congressmen think that for some reason if they cut off the supply of drugs they will end the demand for drugs? For a party that promotes the free market, it seems that they forget how supply and demand works at convenience.

[@RenegadeElite101]

As a Republican , I can confidently say most of us do not want military action against Mexico. For several reasons. The cost, lost of life, ineffectiveness , and the loss of a key ally in America national defense (we really don’t want Mexico allying with China and Russia, especially if they decide to give China a naval base or 2.) In all honesty I have severe doubts the US could even pull off an invasion of Mexico. Fighting the drug cartels, Mexican military, and the citizens of Mexico who would see US intervention as nothing less than a betrayal and an outside invasion of their sovereign territory is enough to give any nation pause. The cost would be insane to both countries in terms of trade and loss of life. But when you consider the massive Hispanic population in the US in general and the border states in particular it would be near disastrous as any possible land invasion will have swaths of saboteurs and informants hurting Us plans. Even forgoing a land invasion and using special forces and missile strikes would trigger almost the same economic toll. Also if Mexico gives Russia , China, or Iran a naval base, as mentioned before; it would likely start a world war.

[@shafsteryellow]

😂 but us can have bases all around china and Russia

[@alexibm2477]

Yeah, I do believe the smartest decision continues to be ending the drug was as a whole. Declaring wars on substances was due to fail, and as a Mexican, it's horrible to know another country's government policies are responsible that I was born into a mass grave.

[@carter7944]

Even with a naval base that wont start a world war you idiotn

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

​@@shafsteryellowyes, because all of china and Russias neighbors hate them

[@RenegadeElite101]

@@shafsteryellow Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

[@slowjamsliver7006]

It should be pointed out that both we in Canada and the USA enforce protectionist policies, and it should be accepted as reasonable that Mexico be given the same leeway. Though Canada has criticized US protectionist policies, and vice versa, as being against Free Trade. However, never have these disagreements been grounds for work, and Mexico's protectionist policies fallow the same reasons and logic that Canadian and US policies do.

[@NUCLEARxREDACTED]

Yea but Canada doesn’t have an army of sex trafficking, rapist killers, pillaging their public land with horrific chemicals banned around the world.

[@the11382]

USA wants protectionism for themselves, free trade for everyone else.

[@Graatand]

Republicans really looking at Russia getting bogged down in a disastrous war with a smaller neighbor and thinking “we want some of that action!”

[@captainufo4587]

They are blocking promotions and hurting the military exactly for that purpose too. It's all 4D chess.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

To be fair, Ukraine is only holding on because of NATO support. Without it, they'd have fallen long ago.

[@jerrymiller9039]

Step away from your crack pipe. They want to stop the drug cartels and the actual elected Mexican officials should welcome that

[@clockwork8968]

To be fair the US did it first. Multiple times...

[@pabloagusti5104]

Both military adventures must end in disaster for the countries that start them.

[@ORO323]

Cartels do have a ton of influence and control in Mexico but waging war on the entire country doesn’t seem like a rational idea.

[@frankieseward8667]

No. It's the equivalent of invading Russia

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

You should look at what is happening in Mexico right now. The ONLY difference between ISIS and CJNG/CDS is that ISIS were muslims

[@kevaughnramsay9846]

It's not rational that's why republicans want to do it.

[@t3333beats]

It's called American maths

[@missly5657]

Also, stop buying their drugs with dolars and selling them guns

[@wyvernlord23]

Why does no one take it as a serious possibility that people who say the things that they would want to do when in power, actually want to do those things...no matter how self destructive.

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

You have no idea about the situations with these cartels are. They are literal terrorist organizations in Mexico and every Mexican that doesn't support them hate them.

[@SuperMetalMage]

I'm an American from Texas and I study Mesoamerican history for fun. I grew up surrounded by Mexican culture and was enriched by it. The idea of having a war with them is repugnant and morally bankrupt. The people of Mexico should be embraced as our brothers and sisters, not slaughtered for the ambitions of our failures that we call American politicians.

[@SuperMetalMage]

@@cmoneill The crazy people are.

[@anonymoususer8895]

You want to accept them. Mexicans won’t accept you though.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Stop being a white knight. Mexicans are brainwashing you to give stuff to them but not vice versa.

[@Kelpie-sb5bi]

To be fair the US has several times offered military aid to help them deal with the gangs and crime, but has consistently been rejected by the Mexican government. It would never have gotten this bad if it wasn’t for the fact that Mexico is clearly incapable of dealing with these issues on their own. And it is directly affecting the US because of the refugees and drugs flooding over the border. This wouldn’t be a war against ”the mexican people”, it would be a war against the gangs causing all these problems in the first place, and perhaps against the Mexican government and army if they are so incomprehensibly corrupt that they decide that they would rather fight against the US together with the literal criminal organisations destroying their country.

[@SuperMetalMage]

@@Kelpie-sb5bi Military intervention isn't the solution to the problem. As long as America is the number one purchaser of illegal items and supplier of weapons to Mexico the situation will only become worse. The war on drugs didn't work so I have no faith that military intervention will do anything other than make the region more unstable.

[@DodZz666]

Ruining America s international reputation?!??? is that even possible anymore!!??

[@shafsteryellow]

what you call being in Syria? Or irstrikes on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan despite not being officially at war with them

[@DodZz666]

@@shafsteryellow i was being sarcastic , i am with you

[@frankieseward8667]

​@@shafsteryellowtrust me. If China's century of humiliation taught me anything, you can lose alot

[@visigoth3696]

@@shafsteryellowthank you for giving your opinion on an American site, freedom of speech is valued

[@shafsteryellow]

@@visigoth3696 what a relevant and insightful response

[@keerongill7310]

As a former 12 year old i completely understand their sentiment

[@davidblair9877]

I swear, the average Republican primary voter hit age 15 and just stayed there.

[@abboudashkar3804]

​@davidblair9877 it's the opposite 😂

[@JUAN_OLIVIER]

@@davidblair9877 - Seems you Dems are delusional as always.

[@Vettel_Ronaldo]

@@davidblair9877I swear the average Democrats voter hit the age of 8 and stayed there. Feelings over facts😂😂

[@Vettel_Ronaldo]

@@davidblair9877but seriously it would be way better if people didn’t spread unnecessary hate

[@E3ECO]

I wouldn't pay too much attention to US poll numbers this early in the race. Trump was a longshot at this point in 2015, and the ability of pollsters to collect a truly random sample has been seriously degraded with the widespread use of cellphones. The only people left with landlines tend to be older Americans who lean towards Trump.

[@E3ECO]

@@user-jj5mp7ib1f I don't. What I'm saying is that you can't put too much faith in polls at this early stage. While they do get much better just before the actual election, they're very unreliable now.

[@epixlolo]

This video is pretty good, but doesn’t cover Mexico’s wanting of nationalization of Lithium, which could be another factor into the US wanting to invade Mexico.

[@pablosalazarsojo3877]

We in México have the mountains of Afghanistan, the jungles of Vietnam and the deserts of Irak, with 126 million people and a GDP above 1 trillion USD a military intervention of Mexico would be the biggest US fail of all times + almost all Latinamerica would go to BRICS+ and some countries of NATO would leave

[@bigfanjpn]

😂no country will leave nato, and go on have a go at brics+ , dont come begging when your fucking economys are in shambles

[@branislavcunta7763]

Trump leaving NATO itself is as likely as full scale military operation in Mexico. So if Trump will be willing to do one, he will do another too. Also if Europe chooses not to intervene, he will have nice new justification to leave

[@Reticulated_Spline]

It would also blow up Canada/US relations and destroy the new NAFTA.

[@Elmo914]

You watch too much movies, this isn't vietnam, nor is it Afghanistan, its also by the U.S border. No one said anything about occupation. The U.S has kicked your ass before in the Mexican American war, and the U.S is hilariously more powerful than it was before. There is no dispute if a war was declared tomorrow, Mexico would fall.

[@gugui156]

@@Elmo914 Least delusional Gringo:

[@BigBoiiLeem]

For future reference: AMLO is pronounced as a single word, not spelt out. Acronyms in Spanish are typically spoken as a word.

[@LahtariFIN]

I think the simplest answer is the funniest. They want to invade Mexico, because they have seen it happen in a video game and think it is a great idea. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006)

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

Yes, i am sure the americans dying from fentanyl have nothing, absolutely nothing at all

[@tylorhobbs8920]

He also did it in his books back in their prime. Clear and Present Danger. Though that was Columbia instead of Mexico. Still ended poorly.

[@johncoe929]

It also happened in the 1840s

[@AH-rl5qc]

@@johncoe929 And 5 more times from that date until the First World War (spoiler, the United States was defeated on those 5 occasions in a humiliating way by Mexican guerrillas)

[@rockzstar4693]

simple facts: 1-Who distributes and sells drugs on US soil? 2- Who buys the drugs? 3. Why and how are US military weapons sold to cartels? 4. Why doesn't the US government do anything to stop its people from using drugs? 5. Why does the US government have so much technology that it can't find its own drug cartels on its territory? 6. Why do they always grab Mexico during election times to blame it for everything bad that happens to the United States? 7.Why do you prefer to support wars in other countries, instead of looking out for your citizens and their needs? 8.Why don't you support programs that stop migration in Latin America from their countries of origin? 9.Why do you think that closing the borders or building a wall will solve the migration problems? 10.Why not go directly to the causes and take responsibility like the other governments in Latin America?

[@jackvalior]

Ok, the Fentanyl problem is kinda dumb cause even if you wipe out ALL of Mexico, you still got all the addicts that were created by American big pharma since the opioids crisis. And fentanyl is like SUPER easy to manufacture compare to other drugs while also capable of being more addicting than heroine. So you got a huge demand of addictive drugs, and you are attacking the suppliers. Great, now how are you solving the fact that new suppliers will emerge? This time from America?

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Nope, it'll all suddenly and mysteriously be coming out of Canada. Weird how it works like that.

[@MrTeniguafez]

I can say pretty confidently that this would be horrendously unpopular here in the US and the reaction would make the 2003 Iraq War protests look like a theme park. American global standing would never recover from this and it would result in such a military quagmire it could end up being our Austria-Hungary moment. This utterly asinine "plan" would be absolutely catastrophic and is a reason (among many) that electing ANY Republican is an existential threat to the republic.

[@Elmo914]

"merican global standing would never recover from this" Who cares? " it would result in such a military quagmire it could end up being our Austria-Hungary moment" Who said anything about occupation? If its about ending cartels, if the Mexican govt doesn't want to do anything about, the border should be sealed and tier 1 operators should be let lose to kill or capture. "This utterly asinine "plan" would be absolutely catastrophic and is a reason (among many) that electing ANY Republican is an existential threat to the republic." Hmmmmm what wars did Trump start? I'll wait.

[@beanapprentice1687]

Well said.

[@supaman6713]

Because of going to war with cartels? You understand what you're talking about?

[@CrazyPupil70]

This is a great idea we should call it a special military operation. I don't know where I got such a good idea. 😂

[@shafsteryellow]

Isn't that what you call what you're doing Syria? Or your airstrikes on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan despite not being officially at war with them

[@CrazyPupil70]

@@shafsteryellow the part that makes it special is that they are neighboring 😂

[@MrMah-zf6jk]

@@shafsteryellow my guy, the Somalian and Pakistani governments literally asked the US to send troops over to assist them.

[@shafsteryellow]

@@MrMah-zf6jk lol Al shabab was created after the US armed and funded warlords to depose the ICU in 2006 leading to extremist factions opposing US led Ethiopian invasion... What Somali govt asked for airstrikes that kill more civilians than combatants ? 20 years later Al shabab still exists and the US is the one that has the Somali govt under arms embargo and doesn't let it field an army larger than 20k men 😂

[@carter7944]

Its not a land grab or.total takeover though if it was then they would be saying mexico is american territory or something like that

[@johnlane8053]

The Republican Congressman should go to the Mexican border and get themselves hurt instead of risking the lives of innocent lives on both sides.

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

No need when democratic congressmen ignore the problem therefore hurting society.

[@im_aleey]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 Democratic congressmen are ineffective and don't do anything, so let's go with the Republicans and start a war in Mexico. Is that the line of logic? Btw Republicans have a majority in the Senate, so if some type action is going to be taken, it's up to them.

[@abboudashkar3804]

Humm that's why biden doesn't go there

[@lopoa126]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 Funny how Republicans have now voted against border security spending that would have added agents and a ton of funding. Almost like Republicans want about it without actually doing anything. You are so indoctrinated.

[@lopoa126]

@@abboudashkar3804 Not a surprise that the comment flew over your simple mind.

[@30secondclips53]

Something needs to be done about the Cartels. Although an invasion is not the way forward, ignoring the problem is not the solution either. Mexico and the US and both need to work together and realise that if they don't, this problem will only get worse.

[@איתןשי]

This fentanyl is REALLY ironic when you consider China's history with the opium wars

[@albevanhanoy]

Taking a page out of Putin's book. "It's just a special military operation"

[@EverettBurger]

Well, the US has been at a constant state of war since 1941. But, we just don't declare it as war. The US government officially called the US involvement in Vietnam a police action

[@chadgaming8071]

they want to help Mexico against cartels, same way nato and russia fought against isis

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

...and Annexing nearby territory.

[@davidblair9877]

@@chadgaming8071dude, multiple senators and Presidential candidates have said they’ll send troops regardless of whether Mexico agrees or not. Doesn’t sound very helpful. There’s a word for troops entering a foreign country without permission: invasion.

[@chadgaming8071]

@@davidblair9877 yea but Mexico will not use its army against us Mexico would be forced to join us forces against cartels

[@UlrichSchmiedel]

USA should focus stopping the weapon smuggling into Mexico, which is making criminal groups more dangerous.

[@109destiny]

America waging war on another country!? Imagine my shock

[@jjones0822]

is the cartel the country?

[@unibomber6246]

​@@jjones0822and it America with it flooding it weapons

[@deeznoots6241]

@@jjones0822no but attacking the cartels would by necessity mean attacking Mexico

[@moic9704]

​@@jjones0822cartels aré just the excuse.

[@ChinnuWoW]

It’ll be America’s version of a “special military operation”.

[@liphrium9858]

This is an underrated comment

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Unlike Russias military, the US military is actually competent and has good weapons

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

​@@liphrium9858unlike Russias military, the US military is well trained, competent and has good weapons

[@leoperez6737]

​@@SelfProclaimedEmperorIt would be like Afghanistan on crack.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@leoperez6737 I don't think so, Mexicans are Catholic and Catholics aren't suicidal like Muslims

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

Invading Mexico our biggest trade partner and next door neighbor has got to be the worst idea ever proposed

[@heraldomedrano1417]

What about the NARCO GRINGOS?

[@heraldomedrano1417]

Big Pharma.

[@heraldomedrano1417]

🇨🇳🤝🏻🇷🇺🤝🏻🇲🇽👍🏾

[@FastGuy1]

@@heraldomedrano1417No. That’s a recipe for disaster. You’ve got it all wrong buddy 😂😂

[@FastGuy1]

@@heraldomedrano1417So you support Putin denying North Koreans for refuge too??

[@LeftWingNationalist]

As a American veteran who has lost a best friend to drugs overdose I can confidently say if a war broke out I would be helping Mexico defend themselves against my American government.

[@Elemblue2]

Your statement is confusing. Your friend died from a drug overdose, and the drug came from mexico, but it wasnt really mexico where it came from, its really a sapper tactic from china leveraging mexico as a proxy. And if the US took steps to stop mexico from being used as a proxy, you would honor your friends death by defending the tool of their demise? It just seems like your acting against your stated interests, and enabling more to happen. Im not saying it should happen, but high level I dont get what your saying.

[@jjones0822]

As a veteran, what potential of war does a cartel have of waging against American drones and ordnance?

[@averagedemocrat9546]

No you wouldnt, that's your fantasy. You'd be watching it on TV while it goes down.

[@davidblair9877]

@@jjones0822 none at all, if the goal is to take and hold territory. But that's not what cartels do. If they did, the Mexican army would have annihilated them years ago. They're irregulars fighting an insurgency to protect their business interests, business interests which are highly mobile and can simply be moved away from government forces as needed. Sounds a bit like Afghanistan, doesn't it? Our big guns were of limited use there.

[@Vettel_Ronaldo]

😂😂 sure

[@Rasaevire]

Is it me or is there more of an echo in that room then normal?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

theyve been echoing western propaganda for years. nothing new.

[@prateekbhurkay9376]

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922I was about to make a joke about echo chambers 😂

[@hornal1998]

I think the mic was accidentally turned off or unplugged.

[@KamiInValhalla]

A war would just make immigration worse and then what would they do?

[@108nighthawk]

Then we could actually treat the people invading our country as invaders for once.

[@maxedakuakuu]

​@@108nighthawk🤡

[@deeznoots6241]

@@108nighthawkgreat idea, turn the USA into a much bigger version of North Korea, the superpower Pariah state.

[@jonathandixon1305]

@@deeznoots6241North Korea is far more stable and peaceful.

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

​@@jonathandixon1305😂

[@josephrion3514]

What is wild is Mexico is one of our very few countries that actually border us and aren't a world a way.

[@divya9951]

American and Mexican love each other😊

[@heraldomedrano1417]

You Yankees have to many Druggies .

[@gugui156]

@@divya9951 ¿Se supone que lo hacemos?

[@jensboettiger5286]

It's hard to overstate just how stupid this would be for US security. Giving Mexico a good reason to make a military alliance with US enemies is very very dumb.

[@riichobamin7612]

Vietnam, and then Afghanistan, and they still want a military intervention ?

[@ChadSimplicio]

Look at who's calling for military intervention, and that should give you a hint of who would benefit from it.

[@faldovifendi6878]

Both Vietnam and Afghanistan are thousands of miles & an ocean away, while Mexico is literally next to the US border, and has 0-2 track record against the US so far..

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@faldovifendi6878try 1-1 then we annexed Texas.

[@otisdylan9532]

And the objective makes less sense in this war than in those two. An invasion would be ineffective.

[@riichobamin7612]

@@faldovifendi6878 bro, it is not all about logistics, tech, fire and man power. USA is WAY FAR ahead of any country in that aspect and the USA has all that, and then some, to defeat the Taliban and Vietcong and completely glass Afghanistan and Vietnam. But the public of the USA was and is largely against foreign military interventions that the US govt is so fond of. And that is one of the biggest reasons why US military interventions fail, because the military gets hindered by politics and public opinions. As a non-American, I am genuinely grateful to the American public for reigning in the US military and the Military-Industrial Complex.

[@Arcticos0]

This is the problem with American politics. They never want to attack the root cause, which is our culture. The average American has far too much too stress about. Inflation, lack of public transportation, expensive healthcare, expensive college, inadequate infrastructure, high cost of living, no paid paternity/maternity leave, high crime rate, etc. If you want to live a normal and safe life, there are dozens of countries better than the US. The US is the best at a lot of things, like space exploration, medical research, military tech, etc. Yet not one of things affects the day to day life of the average American. NASA sending probes to the gas giants is cool and all, but I’d much rather not have to buy a car, car insurance, and pay for gas by way of public rail. It’s like $600 for an epi pen, a literal product that can and will save someone’s life, and it’s $600. The next highest cost is $98 in Japan. If you don’t have one, enjoy your $3000 ambulance ride and $1000 trip to the ER. Of course people are going to turn to drugs and violence when you give them nothing for the amount of tax dollars they put in. The US is the only country in the world that taxes by citizenship and not residency. The justification is that we can still use their services. What services? Access to contribute to the trillion dollars worth of student loans? Access to terrible airports like DFW? Access to the highest homicide rate among major Western nations? Is the 47th ranked life expectancy included? The problem is not China or Mexico, the problem is that we have way too much to stress about and this is exactly why our country is becoming increasingly violent, fractured, delinquent, etc. It is why our politicians and their lobbyists backers paint a foreign enemy, so we can direct our anger towards them and not the real issue. We have so many shootings not because of our access to guns, but our culture. Finland, Switzerland, and Canada have relatively high gun ownership rates, and yet they don’t come close in terms of mass shootings. After 9/11 we painted Muslims as the enemy, and yet you’re safer in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, etc. and yet we are the civilized ones? Nah, we’re always looking for enemies to build up those defense stocks. We don’t even have to stress about being no bombed daily or at all. Geopolitics is a hell of a thing, all to maintain hegemony, the US government will sacrifice your hard work to appease countries in the the impending U.S.-China conflict. Washington was right in his farewell address…

[@pitiedbarley1011]

PREACH🙌

[@somethingwong4803]

You're blaming NASA for overspending and not the military? That's a new one when NASA's budget has been steadily cut... Also the opioid epidemic may or may not be helped by perdue pharma... kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HHgaWHe8-iaNE

[@Kelpie-sb5bi]

I honestly don’t see any solution to America’s problems in the short or long term, both the republicans and the democrats have contributed to the current state of affairs by their idiotic and short sighted policies fueled by their pandering to ideological extremists and corruption/greed, both of them have essentially sold out the American people to megacorporations and private/foreign interests. The only way i can see this changing is if the American people somehow manage to elect some other party into power which isn’t rotten to the core, but the two party system all but guarantees that something like that will never happen.

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

How are you safer in Saudi Arabia or Qatar?

[@Arcticos0]

@@azraeldemuirgos9518because Qatar has the lowest crime rate in the world and SA has one of the lowest as well…

[@blackburnheart]

The USA and Mexico have had a "rocky" relantionship since always.

[@gatb4387]

GOP: We shouldn't help other countries (Ukraine) defend themselves against Russia (influencer of US elections). Also GOP: LET'S INVADE MEXICO, YEAH BOYYY!

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

its even funnier when you consider that Iran, enemy of israel, is directly aligned with Russia. so they want to have their cake and eat it too. be friendly with russia, but hostile to Iran.

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

They never said anything about invading Mexico

[@bicker31]

Lmao, this might be one of the top 5 most ignorant things I've seen on social media

[@davidblair9877]

@@azraeldemuirgos9518did you not watch the video? I know the Republican politicians said “intervention” instead of “invasion”, but newsflash: there’s no difference. If soldiers cross a border without permission from the host state, it’s an invasion. Period.

[@Munchausenification]

Helping Ukraine is in the US interest, same with pressuring Mexico to deal with the cartels.

[@dankeman5266]

Ah, the classic Trump Headlines are back, the ones that sound so outrageous, you just wouldn‘t believe that *he really said that?!*. Really reminds me of the pre-presidency days where every morning you would read a headline like this, _’Trump: ‚If I shot someone in the head on Times Square people would love me even more’‘_ or something like that. 😂 _’Trump asks advisers for plan to bomb Mexico’_ has to be a modern day classic. 😂 And really just gives me this comforting feeling of nostalgia, of times before we got used to Trump quotes and were actually outraged and in disbelieve. 😇💀

[@ChitrakBanerjee-o7b]

ayo lol as a guy who likes trump,did he actually say that!!

[@wearebecomedeathstar2658]

​@@ChitrakBanerjee-o7b Eeeeyup, he did. Exact Quote is: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" ~Trump at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.

[@peksn]

​@@ChitrakBanerjee-o7bhe says a lot of dumb stuff after all he's a populist and has to somehow kinda outrage ppl

[@ChitrakBanerjee-o7b]

eh i guess but then again i think he didn t do too bad in his term as president@@peksn

[@brandonf1260]

@@ChitrakBanerjee-o7b it really depends on what you consider bad.

[@demigurlxd5781]

Personally as a texan I would like even better relations with mexico. We need to be best friends like I see no other way, let's offer assistance in thier own interventions. We all just want certain things to stop it needs to be a mutual effort.

[@leoperez6737]

As a Mexican I think that both countries hate cartels, but they hate even more fighting them. Form Mexico no one wants to bother the cartels and affect bussiness and tourism that would be sffected, the worst part is that cartels are imbeded in the military so no one wants to stop the flow of drugs. On the American side, I feel like people are quick to forget the role the pharmaceutical industry played in the opioid crisis, and they don't want to bother the arms dealers that supply the cartels.

[@davidblair9877]

@@leoperez6737 there’s also the small detail of why the cartels exist at all. Namely, because Americans buy drugs. LOTS of drugs. Adam Smith’s principle of “demand creates supply” is as true today as it was in 1750: so long as Americans are willing to buy drugs, someone will find a way to sell them.

[@demigurlxd5781]

@@leoperez6737 big facts right there. No matter the path something worse will happen I just want our closest neighbors to be good friends. Maybe I am bias though cause I work with alot of people from over the border.

[@sinasafizadeh1164]

It's very funny, how American republicans and Iranian right wing hardliners are alike.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

Remember that the far right has two different enemies. There's the *de jure* enemy, the scary violent foreigners they claim to fear. The people we need to build walls to keep out. Of course, this enemy is itself far-right; Trump's "Muslim ban" is justified by far-right Muslims beheading Christians. And because of this, the far-right has a *de facto* enemy: everyone else, but especially liberals, because we get in the way of them turning the world into a perpetual meat grinder.

[@davidblair9877]

Horseshoe politics in a nutshell.

[@sagartomar3461]

Like nazi and left wing extremists democrats are alike

[@SuperSmashDolls]

@@davidblair9877 Horseshoe theory is that the far-left and far-right has more in common than they do with the center. There's a few historical examples of *authoritarian* left/right collaboration (e.g. the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact) but it does not hold in the general case. And here specifically, Iranian hardliners are *not left-wing*! They are only slightly more far-right than the GOP base and they are in agreement about a *startling* number of issues, even if they openly hate each other. In fact, even that open hatred is something that they mutually agree upon.

[@crazyeight9]

Really you’re comparing the ayatollah a mad savage to the republicans. Also who is more anti Iran? The republicans or democrats. It’s obviously the republicans. They hate Iran. They would instantly ally with the Saudis against Iran. And lastly most people who’ve fled Iran to America are not left wingers to say the least

[@hunter99225]

This sounds a lot like a "special military operation" to me.

[@Mia_starlight]

As an American, invading mexico is dumbest idea ever

[@divya9951]

Cute American😊😊😊

[@jjones0822]

how about drones?

[@davidblair9877]

@@jjones0822 bombing another state's territory without permission is an act of war. Plus, drones only work if they have targets, and the cartels don't exactly advertise their lab locations .

[@Bluesonofman]

"International law" is a joke

[@seanbinkley7363]

An aspect of this I don't hear talked about as much is the Mexican-American population in the US. There are a lot of US citizens who have Mexican heritage and have very close ties to relatives in Mexico. You think their gonna just sit by if their relatives in Mexico start getting maimed and killed by US bombs (which don't kid yourself is going to be inevitable in this kind of operation?). You think we're a violent country now? Just wait. There's no way this wouldn’t plunge the US itself into much deeper chaos and anarchy.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

You act like the US doesn't have a history of turning people into second class citizens. If war does break out, you'll just stop being *human* to them.

[@tylorhobbs8920]

Don't Mexicans in the US mostly vote Democrat? Doubt they'll have much impact on Republicans.

[@beastmode6609]

exactly

[@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387]

Generations of insurgency on us soil

[@blazingkhalif2]

So are you saying Mexican American citizens have dual loyalty? Kind of racist, my guy.

[@TheTurtlebot]

It's pretty common in us politics now. Trump takes a borderline insane stance on something but he's by far the most popular republican so other republicans have to agree with him or they won't get elected

[@persona5058]

Ironacally, the relation between AMLO and Trump is very good, AMLO speaks well about Trump. In a moments, AMLO said about don't rush Trump.

[@viridianacortes9642]

@@persona5058Amlo is a somewhat sneaky person. He praises Trump but many of my relatives in Mexico think he hates him. Basically it’s like a fake friend that praises your idea and then turns around and tells everyone else “we are not doing that!”

[@Atalas5]

probably along the idea of "Let's not antagonize the crazy person to the north"@@viridianacortes9642

[@asscheeks3212]

​@@viridianacortes9642I think it's kinda genius, after all if both sides boast about wars, that's an ever greater incentive for Americans to not vote, Mexicans won't mind that.

[@reginaldcampos5762]

I actually don't think that's the case. Trump is pretty right wing, but not as right wing as is painted by people. He supports gay marriage and at least has pride in his (small) black voter base. His border wall thing was a center right idea for a few decades until he became president. What I think happened was that people decided that they needed to become even more populist than Trump in order to win, and there is currently a growing right sliding trend in Republican voters. Trump is labeled as the face of the right wing, so people like Vivek and Ron DeSantis needed to become more right wing than Trump. They aren't as popular as Trump on a whole, but in their field they are the ones pulling the strings. Ron DeSantis, for example, is the one that consolidates red states shift to the right more than Trump. They are failing to attract the average voter (Ron DeSantis has overestimated his popularity) because they aren't supporting a more voter tolerable Trump (who is consolidating support because people are questioning if Democrats are going to far in their methods to oppose him,) but they gained power in their fields by not supporting him because they push on things Trump does not, like the Corona virus vaccine and gay and trans issues.

[@masterg6882]

De Santis and Vivek really looked at Russian invasion of Ukraine and said "wow, we should have the same thing here"

[@pistoneteo]

It would be one of the dumbest decisions ever.

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

So is not doing anything about the fentanyl crisis, please give a better solution if you have one

[@brandonf1260]

​@@azraeldemuirgos9518honestly yes. The people dying to fentanyl are giving their own lives up, the blame lies on them.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@azraeldemuirgos9518Maybe stop allowing the pharmaceutical companies to do whatever the hell they want in this country? Good start at least.

[@davidblair9877]

@@stynkanatorweird how when it was Black men dying of crack, it was “moral failure”, but when it’s prosperous whites dying of fentanyl, suddenly it’s the brown people’s fault.

[@pistoneteo]

@@azraeldemuirgos9518 Improve US society so people dont have to resort to hardcore drugs.

[@drsev61]

U.S. Polls this early are rarely dependable. Don't get too excited.

[@zidankhanlodi5825]

These people are still not done stealing Mexican land. Typical.

[@DarkRhinestone]

Did you post this before watching the video? This isn't about Mexican land. This is about whether or not the Mexican government will give the US permission to send troops over to destroy the cartels. "Either you do it, or we do it"

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@DarkRhinestoneThis is 100% about Mexican land annexation. Go read project 2025.

[@otisdylan9532]

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 Wikipedia has a fairly long article about Project 2025. Mexico isn't even mentioned in the article.

[@carter7944]

​@@bazzfromthebackground3696there are no rumours of annexation stop being dumb

[@El_Soyato]

not until all of north America is united under the stars and stripes

[@speedypichu6833]

It should be noted, I have heard this said as a reason the USA should stop aiding Ukraine, I have heard far right republicans say that this is a better use of American weaponry than Ukraine. So basically it also serves as a way to attack Biden’s foreign policy by proposing something completely different and mostly unrelated would be better.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Republicans really looked at Russia fucking up their country by invading Ukraine and thougt let's copy that.

[@Iamwolf134]

When clearly, attacking Mexico is a far worse use of American weaponry than arming Ukraine. Especially in light of all the Diplomatic progress we've been making with Mexico so far.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

republicans would rather arm Israel and invade mexico than save ukraine.

[@Vettel_Ronaldo]

It doesn’t make sense helping Ukraine means harming Russia one of the USA biggest enemies

[@danesorensen1775]

"Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States..." I hope Mexico comes back with an offer for military action against Amazon, Google and Facebook.

[@Pyxlean]

The Military-Industrial Complex needs money

[@chapers6719]

US military intervention doesn’t seem to be particularly successful with their previous track record

[@heraldomedrano1417]

North Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

[@heraldomedrano1417]

Over 30 Trillion dollars in debt.

[@laurensdehaan2202]

Perhaps the US should spend more time and energy figuring out WHY its citizens turn to drugs.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Nah, because the ones on drugs are easier to control.

[@otisdylan9532]

In this case, it's because doctors over prescribe opioids.

[@heraldomedrano1417]

Big Pharma.

[@jarnMod]

I'm dumbfounded to hear American has a gall to criticize other countries for democracy. I guess real democracy needs jerrymandering.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

"Real democracy is what we say it is!"😂

[@otisdylan9532]

America has a lot of room for improvement in that area, but it is still better at it than most of the countries of the world, including Mexico. Now if the US criticized Canada for that,that would be laughable.

[@pottertheavenger1363]

@@otisdylan9532 I don't see any other candidates other than red or blue over there, meanwhile AMLO rules with majority approval over several parties.

[@evilnet1]

@@otisdylan9532 AMLO’s Morena was able to win and dethrone the two established ones thanks to its voting system when no fraud is committed. Same goes with Bukele in El Salvador. Meanwhile such thing in the US is close to impossible due to an electoral system based on land voting.

[@stanchpandora3658]

One reason why I never will vote Republican

[@divya9951]

Cute American😊😊😊🎉

[@Hater_Ultima]

Crack head.

[@juanDE1703]

Let them try...they couldnt agaist the Taliban...they cant againt us!

[@journeyingjay3458]

This is a bad idea. We need to cooperate. Hopefully either AMLO changes his mind, or Mexico gets a new president who is willing to work with the US to take down the cartels. An invasion would be ridiculous and uncalled for, but the current situation isn’t sustainable either.

[@moic9704]

México has been fighting cartels since 2006, USA Is the one doing nothing on their own soil.

[@markmuller7962]

Imagine still being convinced in 2023 that the war on drugs works

[@exelenxius5832]

It can work, just not in the US. In some country, war on drug can drive up the price of drug so high that it is impossible to be bought by the average citizen, causing the drug smuggler to be unable to sell to common people since the production and smuggling cost far outweight the buying power of average citizen. Its just that america's dollar is very valuable and importing drugs is still very cheap and affordable since american dollar is worth more when traded outside the country.

[@markmuller7962]

@@exelenxius5832 I'd be curious to see if drug addicts don't just switch to cheaper drugs like glue

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

​@@exelenxius5832Is there an example of this actually working out? Which country?

[@hadid1092]

No one has ever labeled Niki Hayley as moderate until now 😂

[@Tmb1112]

She's the most moderate out there now.

[@davidblair9877]

Says a a lot about the state of the GOP now. The crazy train has no brakes.

[@TheFanatical1]

Why would you not address the extremely obvious reason they're all saying it: because you say whatever wins you the primary, no primary promise like this means anything, they're all just doing it because that's what R primary voters want to hear. Of course, they may even mean the promise, but that is not important.

[@jtgd]

They’re not American. Maybe they don’t focus in primaries

[@traviswesterman5241]

Ands you also managed to not address it. The reason that saying bombing Mexico will work so great in the Republican primary and cause whoever pushes it the most to win the hearts of Republican voters: The Republicans are directed and ran ideologically by evangelical whites. They hate the catholic brown people who speak another language. They're the perfect new "Others" to direct hate towards since the Republicans have all but lost the domestic culture war they were so hell bent on perpetrating. The root of the republican party has been and continues to be varying levels of hate while they continue to do nothing for the people and try to dismantle trust in our governmental institutions by purposefully disrupting their functions then claiming they don't work so they can cut funding to give more tax breaks to rich donors. At this point I can't find any benefit they bring to our union. There needs to be a new 2nd party for America's sake.

[@badluck5647]

What happened to that wall Trump said Mexico will pay for?

[@dqdq4083]

Trump actually wants to invade Mexico, did you even watch the video?

[@Zen-ve1eu]

The point is not that it’s being said in the primaries. The point was that there is a large sentiment within the Republican Party to send troops into Mexico. A lot of conservatives here are in favor of decisive action against the cartels. This is reflected in the policies that have been put forward for the last few years, not just in what they say. The primary promises are just a reflection of what conservatives want from their president as seen through the unanimous desire to intervene amongst all the republican candidates.

[@Runo1923]

These people are the greatest threat to the world security.

[@EverettBurger]

Who? The candidates asking for military action on a neighbor's soil. Or The fentanyl manufacturers ?

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@EverettBurger both

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@user-op8fg3ny3jokay, so the US in both cases.

[@davidblair9877]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j add the fentanyl users to that count, and I'd agree. They're the funding, after all.

[@Arturglj]

As a Mexican, we won’t allow any American intervention. Also shame for almost saying that is Mexico’s guilt to be invaded

[@frescoservice5124]

Why ? Mexico is doing better than USA

[@JPPJustPerfectPlayers]

Is someone SERIOUSLY talking about this?!?! Have we all lost our minds completely? There is two ongoing wars, and now someone is thinking about something as insane as a war between two democratic and economically interdependent states.

[@calumbishop7082]

You know when I feel down about the state of UK politics, I cheer myself up by looking at US politics and reminding myself "It could be A LOT worse". There are a lot of crazy Conservatives in my country but none are crazy enough to advocate actually INVADING A NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY.

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

Do you have a fentanyl crisis?

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

Also, who said anything about invading?

[@juanbustos1338]

​@@azraeldemuirgos9518a lot of countries face a fentanyl crisis, y'all not unique u know?

[@jamesronaldo2855]

No Americans want this my little short friend

[@jamesronaldo2855]

Whenever I feel down about my slight underbite I remember it could be a lot worse if I lived in the uk and had disgusting teeth and dental health

[@jonrubino6495]

Didn’t the Mexican government also nationalise their lithium? Maybe that’s a reason as well

[@jorgepreciado6984]

hahahah 100 % yes

[@JOGA_Wills]

Although the flow has increased lately, the "crisis" is overblown, I've lived in Phoenix almost my whole life (32yo) there isn't a tsunami of crime or squalor coming across the border... people using drugs need to pick better dealers

[@doujinflip]

The ones screaming loudest about illegals "invading" are always the ones farthest from the border, getting their "news" from right-wing editorials.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Have you looked at the graph? Opioid deaths are skyrocketing. It's the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45. 70000 deaths every year.

[@ZiemakAttack]

@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022But is that as tied to immigration from Mexico as you think it is? People aren’t going to magically stop using if the U.S. starts sending troops to Mexico

[@Hideyoshi1991]

​@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 nearly 100% of those drugs are smuggled in legally in trucks carrying legitimate goods. The real way to stop the crisis is to help the addicts rather than punishing them for simply taking a drug. If no one wants to buy it than the cartels will stop making it.

[@davidblair9877]

@@ZiemakAttackexactly. Demand creates supply. So long as Americans are buying drugs, someone somewhere will find a way to sell them. It’s one of capitalism’s founding principles: goes all the way back to Adam Smith in the 18th century.

[@uberbeeg]

These Republicans are freakin crazy.

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

Congressional Republicans are some off the saddest and effete people around. Their party has been so "cucked" that warmongering is the way their party can show strength to their constituents even though a vast swarth of Republicans are becoming MAGA Republicans who detest warmongering.

[@azraeldemuirgos9518]

So, what do you suggest should be done about the fentanyl crisis

[@brandonf1260]

​@@azraeldemuirgos9518not invading of sovereign nation .

[@davidblair9877]

@@azraeldemuirgos9518how about a national treatment and prevention program? So long as Americans buy fentanyl, someone somewhere is going to find a way to sell it. Demand creates supply.

[@somethinginspanish4753]

​​@@azraeldemuirgos9518instead of invading 1 fentanyl chain when there are hundreds more, why not make public affordable or free help programs, to get people either out of addiction or to completely stop them from going that path. This way not only do people not get addicted, but you slowly bleed and dry out the drug trade till it's no longer economic to sell drugs. Another thing that may help Mexican forces stop cartels is by controlling weapons that cross thr border so they don't end up on the hands of the certels.

[@jeremyj8153]

Y’all missed the #1 reason: they’re all deep in the pockets of the military industrial complex

[@sumdude4281]

Mexico would fight back and make Afghanistan and Iraq look like a walk in the park.

[@artleitch]

3:27 2014 campaign? Every video of yours appears to have numerous small errors like this. It worries me that if these errors are allowed to make it to the final video, then what error checking are you doing in the larger claims/story points?

[@kozakuchan1745]

This is a terrible idea

[@nashwagemakers]

America when it has a domestic issue: Lets blame another country, do nothing to stop the issue and invade em

[@deeznoots6241]

You forgot the important bit, lose the war after 20 years of achieving nothing except for massive civilian casualties

[@julianshepherd2038]

The cartels would have to send the drugs via another country or countries. Fentanyl labs can be small and dont smell much so hard to find. Stupid in so many ways.

[@CityGamer1337]

Lol How would they go about getting into the US? What other country would they use? Canada?

[@toxicsniper79]

⁠@@CityGamer1337probably other Latin American countries like Guatemala and Belize but could go through other countries as well depending on where it starts it’s journey through the Americas

[@clockwork8968]

The War on Drugs ... but more War and even less results.

[@jerrymiller9039]

Do you really think that keeping the drug cartels in charge of who can and can not cross our border is a good idea? Stupid in so many ways.

[@CityGamer1337]

@@toxicsniper79 … but how would that get to America without crossing through one of the two countries we border?

[@cgt3704]

Manifest Destiny 2, Republican Boogaloo

[@dumpling3309]

Lmao Pres Trump is pres Polk. Despite the fact Polk spoke many languages.

[@koharumi1]

Curious to know if fentanyl is a major problem in other countries or is it just usa?

[@WhichDoctor1]

It’s an issue in the US because drugs companies pushed prescription opioids really hard for years claiming they were non addictive. Getting millions of people addicted to them in the process. Then when there was a clampdown on prescriptions a lot of those patients turned to illegal sources to keep up with their addiction, because withdrawal from opioids is horrific and potentially fatal. So that created a hugely profitable captive market for drugs gangs. And then once the drugs were widely available on the streets a whole new generation of addicts could be created. But the pharmaceutical companies donate a lot of money to both parties, so much more profitable to blame Mexico

[@ironwoodworkman4917]

BTW fentanyl is killing Hundreds of Thousands of people in the U.S. every year. Yes it is a problem. Major problem? Compared to what? WWI, WWII? the bloodiest war in American history, the Civil War? America has seen some very savage and hard times. This is a speed bump. (it shows the CCP's true face) But we do not like it.

[@badluck5647]

China is restricting the trade to the Mexican cartels

[@jjnolastname8386]

It’s just the USA at least from speaking to my own French and Italian friends which is anecdotal however there’s a rising issue of cocaine smuggling through Belgium. I’ve experienced it firsthand I remember some dude in Greece just walking up and offering cocaine

[@Smile200-z4y]

I disagree I read about Canada and some western europe countries having trouble with it

[@witext]

The US trying to not be an imperialistic war criminal (impossible) I don’t understand why we just signed an agreement with the US here in Sweden

[@deltoroger]

Why don’t the US better take care of drug addiction instead

[@0oShwavyo0]

Just thinking about the acts of terror the Sinaloa cartel would commit within the US if we tried to wage a serious military operation on them is a little frightening. Sure, we have vastly superior military capabilities, but they have networks of affiliates already extending throughout the US who they could likely mobilize for large scale violence like suicide bombings, car bombings, mass shootings, etc etc. It could lead to a 9/11 sized attack potentially, though potentially something that looked more like Hamas’ attack on Israel.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Mexicans are Catholics, and suicide is a big no no on Catholicism, unlike in Islam. So no, they wouldn't do suicide bombings, though they would do other kinds of violence

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

Lmao. Absolutely ignorant take. Every time an American dies the cartels piss themselves in fear of retribution. Their "elite soldiers" like CDN's "troops from hell" (their literal name) get fucked each time they fight against Mexican Marines.

[@Elmo914]

They would be hunted by tier 1 operators, the U.S has intelligence on all of cartel, its the last thing the cartel wants.

[@djoseph5130]

Who do you think we are, are you even American? 😅

[@0oShwavyo0]

@@djoseph5130 top US military officials are warning of the same thing, so I don’t think I’m completely out of pocket.

[@ottovonbismarck1352]

If you have a stupid support base you get stupid policy proposals.

[@persona5058]

Your affirmations about AMLO are wrong, AMLO prefers USA over BRICS and just speak against Republicans in terms of a possible invasion. The relation between AMLO and Trump is good and both said it in many times. AMLO recognizes the relationship between Mexico and USA. In our country, there's an equilibrium between left and right, our is not centralist then we have states with own goverments in many time right-goverments.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Anglo-Spanish rivalry continues.

[@Baseballboy7197]

I’m from the US and can 100% confirm this is not close to being accurate.

[@Millipede666]

So why are so many republicans talking about attacking mexico?

[@juanDE1703]

That will never happen.

[@rexaxis3450]

Okay so this is my husbands youtube profile. Hes from Oklahoma and Im from Wisconsin. I came from a place with rich soccer moms taking pain pills and gang violence in the north to just straight up drugs and meth and fentanyl maniacs down south. EVERYONE is dying from overdose here. Its striking. To the point just a block from us theres a billboard saying Naloxone saves lives. Its gotten worse for sure.

[@maheehossain5481]

How is invading a foreign country with hundreds of millions of people going to improve anything?

[@davidblair9877]

I have to ask: why are rich soccer moms taking pain pills? If even wealthy Americans are so sick that they need painkillers to function, we’re in worse shape than I thought. Demand creates supply.

[@davidavni5634]

I want a North American Union in general

[@levitschetter5288]

I'm all for pretty borders, but only if it's consensual

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Well Mexico and Canada don't.

[@joker-pilled5892]

🤡

[@cloudy_xDD]

Stupid idea. Canada sure as hell wouldn’t want to be governed by the idiots in the U.S.. and Mexico doesn’t want that either.

[@Messier__]

Military intervention ain't gonna do it. Even if the governments were dead set on making that Union a reality it would easily take 100 possibly even more years to integrate these societies. You'd need to make a Pan-North American identity a solid thing.

[@jimorr820]

Could we, yes. Should we, NO!

[@bdawgrise6961]

Two things, Republican here: we don’t want to invade Mexico, but second: if that were to happen it would not be for expansion, it would be for national security and to secure the south against drug cartels. But no, bad idea unless it becomes absolutely necessary.

[@Tyrinath]

Why? Because if they ever stop ringing the bell of lies and distraction, we'll pay more attention to what they are doing.