The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Rev. Rye]

Thank fuck. Because that can only end one way: with another Iraq right at our doorstep. And even more refugees from Mexico than we have now.

Just as well. I don’t much fancy the US military’s chances against drug cartels.

Boru

So, fun fact: if you've watched Breaking Bad, you remember the scene where Hank almost arrests Walt. (And if you haven't, you're either under 16 or need to watch 49 hours, 55 minutes of content on Netflix yesterday).








Something very similar happened with one of El Chapo's sons a few years ago. The differences: 

• the ambush on the Federales was entirely planned on Sonny Boy's part
  
• This escalated to an entire neighbourhood declaring war on the Mexican Government. 
  
• The Mexican Government lost said war in the span of a few hours
  
• As a result, the Federales had to let him go, and this was a decision that even the President of Mexico had to defend publicly. 
  

This is how powerful they are. America historically hasn't had very good luck with guerrilla warfare (at least since the end of the Indian Wars, and even that was at least partly due to chicanery that I can't imagine the cartels falling for), so when the enemy is this powerful, the only endgames that make sense are A: America eventually folds and has a massive humanitarian crisis on the other side of the border to deal with, and B: A Final Solution. It should go without saying that neither A nor B are good options.

It’s possible that there might potentially be bigger potential foreign policy fuck-ups for America that don’t involve nuclear exchange, but I doubt it.