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2023-09-23 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexico's fifth largest employer is helping kill Americans. Some Republicans are ready to declare literal war

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top
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#1 Republicans are worthless and Democrats are destructive. The cartels will continue business as usual.

Posted by Airandee 2023-09-23 07:06|| 2023-09-23 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 ^^ you're right. But we go all over the world sticking our noses in everyones business, so why not in Mexico?

Posted by Chris 2023-09-23 10:45|| 2023-09-23 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Over 200,000 Americans have overdosed and died from synthetic opioids like fentanyl since 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Extreme problems require extreme solutions. Two hundred thousand Americans sounds pretty extreme to me. IIRC, that's almost four times the number of Americans killed during the entire course of the Vietnam War. When you have that many people dying it is no longer a law enforcement problem, it's war and we need our military to be involved.

That's not even considering the illegal alien problem which is also extreme.

What good is our government if it won't protect us from this kind of an attack? If our president was not a crook, most likely on the take from the cartels, he would ask Congress for a formal declaration of war.

We don't have to invade Mexico and take its territory. We do need to seal the border and interdict sea borne attempts to smuggle their poison into our country. We could also blockade their sea ports and if the Chicoms don't like it they can suck on it. Air strikes on cartel facilities would also be appropriate.

Russia is not our enemy and Ukraine is none of our business. Two hundred thousand Americans in their graves is our business and any country that inflicts that kind of damage on our country, whether it's the official policy of their government or not, is most certainly our enemy.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-09-23 12:29|| 2023-09-23 12:29|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^^ well said Abu

Posted by Chris 2023-09-23 13:32|| 2023-09-23 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 the cartels make money because we declare certain popularly wanted drugs illegal. Remove all drug barriers. Let the govt inform us of the side effects and we decide. fentanyl kills! so does breathing. no one gets out alive.

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-09-23 14:09|| 2023-09-23 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Over 200,000 Americans have overdosed and died from synthetic opioids

Have chosen to overdose and died from the repercussion of synthetic opioids use.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-23 14:45|| 2023-09-23 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Remove all drug barriers.

Fentanyl has for all intents and purposes been legalized in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The result is predictable. Junkies, unable and/or unwilling to hold a job, crash on the sidewalks until they need another fix. Then they commit various acts of thievery to get money for their next fix. Retail stores are leaving those cities because they lose money trying to operate in that environment. Our cities across the country are dying in large part because the government has done pretty much what you suggest. A responsible government would stop it.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-09-23 16:10|| 2023-09-23 16:10|| Front Page Top

#8 My impression is most OD's are people who don't know/anticipate Fentanyl in their fake drugs.

I partied in college to my budget's extent (small) in the 80's but wouldn't touch any street drugs today. You have NO idea what you are imbibing

Posted by Frank G 2023-09-23 17:44|| 2023-09-23 17:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Got a friend who's a D&A counselor, says fentanyl is even showing up in pot.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-23 17:57|| 2023-09-23 17:57|| Front Page Top

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