Over 600 Americans were abducted in Mexico in 2021. Many of these individuals did not come home as their families failed to pay the ransom. Just this week, four more innocent Americans from South Carolina joined the list. According to Biden, these people were not taken by terrorists, but by drug cartels since his administration refuses to give them the proper destination. If ISIS or any other middle eastern terrorist organization killed 600+ Americans in a single year, an all-out war would be declared. While both sides deserve blame for the crisis, the Biden administration currently holds the power and refuses to designate the cartels as terrorists over diplomatic nonsense with Mexico. Here’s what must be done.
Apparently it’s being argued that designation of these cartels as terror groups would provide a valid asylum rationale for nearly everybody between Texas and the Panama Canal. I don’t know if it’s true, but have no doubt some federal judges would rule on it.
I grieve in advance for the innocents who will die when, not if, we give AMLO the ultimatum to either take out the cartels or we will do it for him. But Mexico IS a failed narcostate right now, and its government is bought and paid for by the cartels, which leaves us no choice, and “ world opinion” be damned.
The cartels and especially their heads must be made to see the sun, moon and stars when the operation begins - and those are the last things they should see. And if anyone should whine about the cost of all this, let’s fund it by cutting off aid to the equally corrupt government in Ukraine , which would save us the humiliation which will inevitably occur when the Russians revert to form and bloodily bludgeon their way to Kyiv.
Negotiate in Ukraine, wage war in Mexico; then we will have our priorities straight at last.
The Vietnam War lasted about 20 years and about 58,000 Americans got killed in it. WW 2 lasted about 4 years and about 400,000 Americans died in it. We are losing over 100,000 Americans a year now to drug overdoses and doing almost nothing about. That's more per year than got killed per year in WW 2 and almost twice as many as died during the 20 entire years of the Vietnam War. And as a drug and alcohol counselor, the problem is getting much worse. Yet our government is doing nothing about it.
This morning I got mad. I read about the 4 kidnapped/killed at Matamoros and had a “Holy S**t” moment. The dynamic team of Brandon & Mayorkas & Andrés Manuel López Obrador have finally stepped in it. Here is why.
Brownsville is the top spring break location in Texas. Matamoros is the border town across from Brownsville Texas. Spring break is just starting. Thousands and thousands of college kids will head there over the next 4 weeks, and ultimately make a bad decision to take a day trip to Mexico. Some won’t come back. It's inevitable.
Unfortunately, it takes piles of dead bodies to get anyone’s attention these days. By June Comer or Jordan will call hearings so we can see the grieving moms who don’t understand why our government could not keep their kids safe.
All this carnage will lie at Washington’s feet because we were too scared or too incompetent to declare the Narco terrorists a “Clear and Present Danger”.
We need to return to the policies of the last administration where tariffs and border searches slow this down. Every truck should be searched. Entry lines should be miles and miles long. Produce can rot for all I care. I am ok if I never eat another “Avocado from Mexico”.
When pigs fly!
Apparently it’s being argued that designation of these cartels as terror groups would provide a valid asylum rationale for nearly everybody between Texas and the Panama Canal. I don’t know if it’s true, but have no doubt some federal judges would rule on it.
I grieve in advance for the innocents who will die when, not if, we give AMLO the ultimatum to either take out the cartels or we will do it for him. But Mexico IS a failed narcostate right now, and its government is bought and paid for by the cartels, which leaves us no choice, and “ world opinion” be damned.
The cartels and especially their heads must be made to see the sun, moon and stars when the operation begins - and those are the last things they should see. And if anyone should whine about the cost of all this, let’s fund it by cutting off aid to the equally corrupt government in Ukraine , which would save us the humiliation which will inevitably occur when the Russians revert to form and bloodily bludgeon their way to Kyiv.
Negotiate in Ukraine, wage war in Mexico; then we will have our priorities straight at last.
Follow the money (and the new voters) for the answer to this question.
The Vietnam War lasted about 20 years and about 58,000 Americans got killed in it. WW 2 lasted about 4 years and about 400,000 Americans died in it. We are losing over 100,000 Americans a year now to drug overdoses and doing almost nothing about. That's more per year than got killed per year in WW 2 and almost twice as many as died during the 20 entire years of the Vietnam War. And as a drug and alcohol counselor, the problem is getting much worse. Yet our government is doing nothing about it.
Eric,
Thank you for opening this discussion thread.
This morning I got mad. I read about the 4 kidnapped/killed at Matamoros and had a “Holy S**t” moment. The dynamic team of Brandon & Mayorkas & Andrés Manuel López Obrador have finally stepped in it. Here is why.
Brownsville is the top spring break location in Texas. Matamoros is the border town across from Brownsville Texas. Spring break is just starting. Thousands and thousands of college kids will head there over the next 4 weeks, and ultimately make a bad decision to take a day trip to Mexico. Some won’t come back. It's inevitable.
Unfortunately, it takes piles of dead bodies to get anyone’s attention these days. By June Comer or Jordan will call hearings so we can see the grieving moms who don’t understand why our government could not keep their kids safe.
All this carnage will lie at Washington’s feet because we were too scared or too incompetent to declare the Narco terrorists a “Clear and Present Danger”.
We need to return to the policies of the last administration where tariffs and border searches slow this down. Every truck should be searched. Entry lines should be miles and miles long. Produce can rot for all I care. I am ok if I never eat another “Avocado from Mexico”.
Cheers
Some of the President’s actions or lack thereof make me question exactly who he is serving and where do his loyalties lie. Know them by their fruit…