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> From my vantage point, cutting off the drug cartels access to the US market could potentially do wonders to shifting the balance of power and helping Mexico i
by dlp211 10y ago
> From my vantage point, cutting off the drug cartels access to the US market could potentially do wonders to shifting the balance of power and helping Mexico in the long run.
If you think a wall is going to do this, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you. A physical wall is going to slow the cartels down for a week while they round up a bunch of Mexican citizens at gunpoint and force them to dig tunnels into the US, build submersibles to get here via waterways, and just go buy a dozen ladders. There are literally people that can climb a 10 foot wall without a ladder.
- serge2k 10y agoHell, they could just toss the stuff over. Or drones. basically all the shit they do now except just carrying it accross.
- davemel37 10y ago> If you think a wall is going to do this, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you. Maybe you are right, but whats the alternative. The status quo of doing nothing? I will almost always side with action vs. inaction. (not to say I'm right, just to say I would rather try and fail than not try because some random naysayers have more faith in the cartels than our ability to secure a border.) Edit: I copied and pasted the wrong quote, so I fixed it.