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There was an absolutely trivial solution: send a few fighter planes to blow up the haciendas and spray herbicide on the plantations. But the US government prefe
by sukilot 6y ago
There was an absolutely trivial solution: send a few fighter planes to blow up the haciendas and spray herbicide on the plantations. But the US government prefers to profit and make political hay from the drug war.
- phobosanomaly 6y agoI think a lot of it has shifted over into meth as well, with the availability of cheap precursors from China, and loose security on ports. Can't stop it at the source anymore.
- nradov 6y agoIn 2019 the Trump administration considered formally designating the Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. They backed off on that approach, but had they gone ahead it probably would have led to drone strikes. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50697635 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50697635
- Teever 6y agoDude that's how you get the child of American senators kidnapped andmailed back in pieces or another 9/11. Everything sounds simple in theory until you think of the consequences.
- vidarh 6y agoIt's been tried. It didn't work.