The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.
The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send U.S. troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort.
The early stages of training for the potential mission, which would include ground operations inside Mexico, has already begun, the two current U.S. officials said. But a deployment to Mexico is not imminent, the two U.S. officials and one of the former U.S. officials said. Discussions about the scope of the mission are ongoing, and a final decision has not been made, the two current U.S. officials said.
The U.S. troops, many of whom would be from Joint Special Operations Command, would operate under the authority of the U.S. intelligence community, known as Title 50 status, the two current officials said. They said officers from the Central Intelligence Agency also would participate.
Will this be a “special military operation” just like Russia’s?
Largest use of military in the world and he wants a peace prize.
Setting aside whatever morals about this, it seems rather unwise to just up and publicly declare. Like, “Ayo, yo, cartels! We’ll be coming to get you! Eventually! But definitely! So you better be ready for us!”
I doubt they can keep such a large training deployment and future mission deployment quiet. Maybe they’re trying to get ahead of any rumors?
this has been a wet dream of both parties forever
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Figured I’d translate some of your argument so others can better understand what you’re saying -
I support the invasion of a friendly country because I don’t think brown people can take care of themselves.
The account’s less than a day old. Clearly a troll. Do they get paid to say stupid shit on the internet? I can’t imagine someone exposing this amount of racist ignorance without some financial incentive.
Has literally nothing to do with brown people, you’re just trying to fit in.
Mexico has a cartel problem and they can’t handle it themselves. This is a fact, no matter how much you don’t like it or your internet friends don’t understand it.
Hi, Troll ❤️ you really think Mexico doesn’t have anything to do with brown people, eh? Should someone invade your home because they don’t think you’re handling things well enough? “Not the same”, huh? Not when you’ve been told of all those “dangerous brown people”, eh?
It’s fun to see how often you trolls try to say “it’s a fact” when it’s clearly propaganda pushed by an authoritarian regime. Do better.
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“I don’t actually have an argument, so go away”
Exactly what I expected. Do you get paid per word for being a troll? Just curious how all that works.
Saying no to American intervention =\ supporting cartels.
Tell that to the families suffering at the hands of the cartels.
It’s real easy for you people to play some nationalism game when you’re not the ones getting hurt. spits
Edit: Everyone is so eager to fit in with each other, lol. The cartels would be glad to have you on their side.
I think most people would truly be interested in their view on the matter.
Your view? Work on your delivery as you’re sounding like a daft cunt.
No thank you. I’d rather we deal with the cartels ourselves than let your orange dictator decide decide what’s best for us.
Well, any day now.
Edit: Looks like a Mexican mayor just got killed. He was nicknamed “the Mexican Bukele” because of his no-tolerance approach to the cartels.
Still think the US shouldn’t intervene? Still think nobody in Mexico wants them to intervene?
Yeah, how about you stop selling them guns first and poisoning global politics with the failed war on drugs? The only reason drugs are illegal now and people have this stupid perception is because of your propaganda.
Mexico could legalize drugs, but the cartels might have a problem with that unless they can find some way to maintain their power.
I don’t even think weed is legal there for recreational use, which is kind of baffling because it’s legal in places of the United States.
Some drugs like weed are legal here. You can’t buy from a dealer, but you can grow up to six plants in your home with a permit and carry up to an ounce and smoke in public within reason, for example. We don’t have dispensaries because we reformed our entire supreme court last year and they’ve been operating for only a few months. The previous court ruled that the freedom to develop one’s personality includes drug use and so it’s considered a constitutional right. But then elections happened and we haven’t heard much about it since.
Still, the ingrained “drugs are bad m’kay” attitude we adopted from the US has been hard to shake off, but before that, drugs were not taboo.
Unfortunately, the cartels have smartened up and instead of going for illegal drugs, they’re monopolizing crops like avocados among other industries. And yet that doesn’t mean we need any body’s help to deal with them, but we do need the US to stop supplying fire arms.
stop fucking with other countries.
nobody ever wants your violent imperialistic “help”.
Tell that to the families whose daughters get raped when they don’t pay extortion fees to the cartels.
Tell that to the families of officials who end up beheaded because they dared to fight back against the cartels.
you are literally telling someone on the other end of your imperialism.
so you would rather your soldiers do all the raping, then?
Sorry, I can’t argue with you people since you’re just trying to agree with the crowd.
Keep fitting in and defending cartels. You have to be stupid to believe that American soldiers are going to rape and behead Mexicans for not paying extortion fees.
"is it wrong to be a fascist?
no, it can’t be, its the others who are wrong."
Contrarianism can be taken to the point of a mental disorder.
You pretend this will do anything to stop cartels. That’s the kool-aid speaking.
Hey Stephen, how does it feel to know Elon fucked your wife
I guess rules don’t matter? We get censored if enough people disagree with us?
Good to know.
