When the American fox complains about the Mexican dog, By Owei Lakemfa
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Mexico has drug cartels which can also be violent. One of the most infamous drug lords, Joaquin Archivaldo 'El-Chapo' Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is serving a life sentence in the United States. Drug cartels are a problem for Mexico that has other related challenges. The first is the seemingly insatiable American appetite for drugs that provides a ready market.
The second is the relentless flow of weapons from the United States to Mexico; around half a million a year, which arms the cartels and makes them hard to take down. However, some US leaders' solution is not to meet these challenges, but to invade neighboring Mexico militarily, ostensibly to eliminate drug cartels and reduce insecurity.
On March 15, Georgian Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted, "Our US military must act against the Mexican cartels." She was reacting to a claimed explosive device wrapped in duct tape thrown from Mexico, which turned out to be sand. That she was wrong about the alleged explosive did not deter her from campaigning to invade a sovereign country. Two months earlier, Rep. Daniel Reed Crenshaw, 39, of Texas' second congressional district and a former Navy SEAL, introduced a bill "authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for trafficking fentanyl or 'a substance related to fentanyl'. in the United States or conduct other related activities that cause regional destabilization in the Western Hemisphere. »
As well-timed, former U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr in an article titled, "America Must Defeat Mexico's Drug Cartels" in Issue 2 March of the Wall Street Journal, thundered: "America can no longer tolerate narco-terrorist cartels. Operating from safe havens in Mexico, their production of deadly drugs on an industrial scale is flooding our country with this poison. The time is long past to deal with this outrage decisively. Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Michael Waltz (R., Florida) proposed a joint resolution giving the president the power to use the US military against these cartels in Mexico. This is a necessary step and puts the focus where it needs to be. »
The next day, Senators Lindsey Graham in South Carolina and John Kennedy in Louisiana demanded that the United States invade Mexico. Graham said, “Drug cartels in Mexico have terrorized Americans for decades. We will unleash the fury and might of the United States against these cartels. We will destroy their economic model and their way of life because our national security and the security of the United States as a whole depends on our decisive action (we will) empower the military to pursue these organizations wherever they exist. Do not invade Mexico. Do not shoot down Mexican planes. But to destroy the drug labs that poison Americans. »
Interesting. American politicians want to teach the world how to militarily attack suspected drug labs spread across neighborhoods in a sovereign country without invading the country. It's the classic case of wanting to make an omelet without breaking an egg. So what would Mexicans do, watching civilians being killed in their homes and under crossfire without coming to the defense of their innocent citizens? Conversely, will the United States authorize or monitor the Mexican military attack on alleged drug cartels in the United States?
The irony is that the least safe country in the region and one of the most dangerous in the world is the United States. Along with other violent crimes, in the past 14 weeks he has witnessed more than 160 mass shootings, each of which claimed the lives of at least four people. No later than this Saturday, April 15, Alexis Dowdell celebrated her Sweet Sixteen Birthday in Alabama. There were rumors that someone...
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Mexico has drug cartels which can also be violent. One of the most infamous drug lords, Joaquin Archivaldo 'El-Chapo' Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is serving a life sentence in the United States. Drug cartels are a problem for Mexico that has other related challenges. The first is the seemingly insatiable American appetite for drugs that provides a ready market.
The second is the relentless flow of weapons from the United States to Mexico; around half a million a year, which arms the cartels and makes them hard to take down. However, some US leaders' solution is not to meet these challenges, but to invade neighboring Mexico militarily, ostensibly to eliminate drug cartels and reduce insecurity.
On March 15, Georgian Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted, "Our US military must act against the Mexican cartels." She was reacting to a claimed explosive device wrapped in duct tape thrown from Mexico, which turned out to be sand. That she was wrong about the alleged explosive did not deter her from campaigning to invade a sovereign country. Two months earlier, Rep. Daniel Reed Crenshaw, 39, of Texas' second congressional district and a former Navy SEAL, introduced a bill "authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for trafficking fentanyl or 'a substance related to fentanyl'. in the United States or conduct other related activities that cause regional destabilization in the Western Hemisphere. »
As well-timed, former U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr in an article titled, "America Must Defeat Mexico's Drug Cartels" in Issue 2 March of the Wall Street Journal, thundered: "America can no longer tolerate narco-terrorist cartels. Operating from safe havens in Mexico, their production of deadly drugs on an industrial scale is flooding our country with this poison. The time is long past to deal with this outrage decisively. Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Michael Waltz (R., Florida) proposed a joint resolution giving the president the power to use the US military against these cartels in Mexico. This is a necessary step and puts the focus where it needs to be. »
The next day, Senators Lindsey Graham in South Carolina and John Kennedy in Louisiana demanded that the United States invade Mexico. Graham said, “Drug cartels in Mexico have terrorized Americans for decades. We will unleash the fury and might of the United States against these cartels. We will destroy their economic model and their way of life because our national security and the security of the United States as a whole depends on our decisive action (we will) empower the military to pursue these organizations wherever they exist. Do not invade Mexico. Do not shoot down Mexican planes. But to destroy the drug labs that poison Americans. »
Interesting. American politicians want to teach the world how to militarily attack suspected drug labs spread across neighborhoods in a sovereign country without invading the country. It's the classic case of wanting to make an omelet without breaking an egg. So what would Mexicans do, watching civilians being killed in their homes and under crossfire without coming to the defense of their innocent citizens? Conversely, will the United States authorize or monitor the Mexican military attack on alleged drug cartels in the United States?
The irony is that the least safe country in the region and one of the most dangerous in the world is the United States. Along with other violent crimes, in the past 14 weeks he has witnessed more than 160 mass shootings, each of which claimed the lives of at least four people. No later than this Saturday, April 15, Alexis Dowdell celebrated her Sweet Sixteen Birthday in Alabama. There were rumors that someone...
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