@9GNDS8V6mos6MO
the Mexican military lost to the Sinaloa cartel after the military accidently captured the leader's son.
@9FMXW5VRepublican7mos7MO
Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, and all through the Latin/Southern Americas are still crawled with cartels, their governments are failing, and the cartels are getting stronger, we need to do bigger actions to stop them.
@9FMR87D7mos7MO
This would be an endless fight. Where do we draw the line? Do we really want to be fighting a war inside another countrys borders?
@9FD4N7J8mos8MO
Drugs brought in from borders such as Fentanyl has killed over 107,000. That is ridiculous we need to close the border
@9G59LP7 7mos7MO
“That is ridiculous we need to close the border”
I agree with you about the fentanyl stats, but I'm a little iffy on the border thing. while that may help us in the US, it sort of leaves everyone else affected by mexican drug cartels in the same spot they're in now, personally I think that if we want solve the problem we need to work together and use all of our resources to fix the violence problems associated with the cartels for good. I think closing the border would be a temporary fix, then it would come back as a much worse problem later.
“I think closing the border would be a temporary fix, then it would come back as a much worse problem later.”
Historical precedents show that closing off channels for illegal activities often leads to the emergence of new, more sophisticated methods. A great example is the Prohibition era in the U.S. When alcohol was banned, it didn't stop consumption—instead, it led to the rise of underground speakeasies and empowered organized crime syndicates. Similarly, closing the border might result in cartels finding alternative routes or methods for drug trafficking, potentially exacerbating the issue.
As you've suggested, addressing the root causes of the violence and instability that allow drug cartels to thrive seems to be a more sustainable solution. What do you think those root causes might be, and how could they be effectively addressed?
@9L785CZ 1mo1MO
I would fix our "healthcare" system and turn it into a lifetime educational and support system. For medical and emotional health, because the USA's current system is for profit businesses that don't care about helping people to be healthy and prevent addictions, illnesses, diseases and sickness of the over all body and mind.
But that would just be my start, the rest is not much to write.
@9FF647K8mos8MO
Our whole country is still suffering from the opioid epidemic caused by corprate negligance, these people are doing more harm by perpetuating the issues.
@9KS63382mos2MO
Legalizing drugs as a solution to Mexican drug cartels may not comprehensively address the complex social, economic, and security challenges posed by these criminal organizations
@9FGS26L8mos8MO
For the yes position, one could argue that these cartels are invading our homeland, and not only are they illegally entering our country with the intent to commit a crime or smuggle drugs, they are causing drug related deaths across our country which has to be dealt with by whatever means necessary, even if it means setting up military patrols to detain and arrest these individuals.
@9FG624Q8mos8MO
Lets go **** up some cartels in Mexico they basically controlling that country and making the people miserable.
@9FDCSJP8mos8MO
Most of our overdoses have been from Fentanyl, which has been snuck into our country by other neighboring countries. We need to make our border control more strict.
@9FBH9TT8mos8MO
We shouldn’t have illegal drugs anywhere near the u.s like that, also can be potentially very dangerous
@9F9YF6JRepublican8mos8MO
NO because the Mexican president has said many times he isn't letting the US military in his country fight drug cartels so if the US military were to go to Mexico it would be invading them
@9F8XNZ58mos8MO
https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/fentanyl/index.html#:~:text=Fentanyl%20and%20other%20synthetic%20opioids,drugs%20involved%20in%20overdose%20deaths.&text=Even%20in%20small%20doses%2C%20it,to%20synthetic%20opioids%20like%20fentanyl.
@9F84C2K8mos8MO
According to Mexican residents and politicians, the government has grown corrupt and sided with the cartel, both out of fear and greed, therefore the cartel can use the government's resources against the U.S.
@9F66NVK8mos8MO
The Iraq war, and every other intervention we had in other countries to allow for the exploitation of other government’s resources.
@9F88NQYPeace and Freedom8mos8MO
Según residentes y políticos mexicanos, el gobierno se ha vuelto corrupto y se ha puesto del lado del cártel, tanto por miedo como por codicia, por lo que el cártel puede usar los recursos del gobierno contra Estados Unidos.
@9FL54FZ8mos8MO
Mexico does not want an invasion by the US army. We have never successfully completed
a military counter-insurgency in another country; why would this be any better than Iraq or Afghanistan?
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