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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sun Nov 10, 2019, 10:08 PM Nov 2019

Trump's talk of war on Mexico cartels

After nine members of a Mormon family with US/Mexican citizenship were slaughtered by gunmen, Donald Trump reacted by urging his Mexican counterpart to let him sort out the drug cartels.

“If Mexico needs or requests help cleaning out these monsters, the United States stands ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively,” the US president tweeted on Tuesday, after news broke of the massacre – the latest in a series of extremely violent events across the country.

“This is the time to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.”

It was echoed in a Wall Street Journal editorial, and in a New York Times opinion piece that called for an “Iraq-style ‘surge’ to save Mexico”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/10/mexico-war-drug-cartels-us-help-trump

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Trump's talk of war on Mexico cartels (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP

oh puke. mopinko Nov 2019 #1

Yeah, fuck that. 2naSalit Nov 2019 #2

I an see him in his golf cart safeinOhio Nov 2019 #3

Trump's Reichstag fire? sop Nov 2019 #4

"In return? Fund my wall." JDC Nov 2019 #5

And for the gun violence in the United States he offers ... LastDemocratInSC Nov 2019 #6

How come he isn't proposing a war on gun violence in AMERICA? Yeah... NCLefty Nov 2019 #7

"we didn't win Iraq. We didn't win Afghan" left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #8

What a blustering fool. It's embarrassing. nt crickets Nov 2019 #9

mopinko

(70,259 posts)

1. oh puke.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 10:19 PM

Nov 2019

that's all i can do at this point. puke one more time.

2naSalit

(86,819 posts)

2. Yeah, fuck that.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 10:52 PM

Nov 2019

He wants to kill lots of Mexicans, that's what he's after. A killing gig right on the border. The people in cages isn't getting it for him anymore.

safeinOhio

(32,729 posts)

3. I an see him in his golf cart

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 11:00 PM

Nov 2019

leading the charge up the hill. Bones spurs and all.

sop

(10,273 posts)

4. Trump's Reichstag fire?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 11:14 PM

Nov 2019

JDC

(10,135 posts)

5. "In return? Fund my wall."

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 11:16 PM

Nov 2019

LastDemocratInSC

(3,651 posts)

6. And for the gun violence in the United States he offers ...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 12:19 AM

Nov 2019

Well, I was going to say "thoughts and prayers" but he doesn't seem capable of even those things.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

7. How come he isn't proposing a war on gun violence in AMERICA? Yeah...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 01:50 AM

Nov 2019

In any case, we didn't win Iraq. We didn't win Afghan. ISIS may resurge--so that's still up for question.

But SURE, we'll go in there and just win the heck out of the ongoing drug war, even though we have tried and failed many times.

#verystableidiot

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

8. "we didn't win Iraq. We didn't win Afghan"

Reply to NCLefty (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 10:58 AM

Nov 2019

I don't think we've won a war since WW II,
74 years ago.

crickets

(25,986 posts)

9. What a blustering fool. It's embarrassing. nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 02:44 PM

Nov 2019

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