In January 2023 Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Michael Waltz (R., Fla.) proposed a joint resolution giving the president authority to use the U.S. military against drug cartels in Mexico. The bill was proposed in response to the recent spike in American drug overdose deaths. Opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,089 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017 and remained steady through 2019. This was followed by a significant increase in 2020 with 68,630 reported deaths and again in 2021 with 80,411 reported overdose deaths. A 2017 analysis, accounting for the costs of health…
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Yes, but not the entire military because it will exacerbate the situation and should be handled by special forces to be more precise instead of the entire military.
Yes, but the military should conduct operations with the Mexican Government if operating across the border
The US should not invade Mexico without Mexico's approval. An invasion of Mexico to stop the Cartel would only end with another Vietnam style conflict.
Yes, but do so jointly with the Mexican military and their government's approval. The same should go for combatting gangs in Central American countries.
Only if the Mexican Drug Cartel is affecting America. If the cartel is only in Mexico then that’s Mexico’s problem. America needs to solidly internal problems first before we can deal outside forces.
No, we created the cartels through the military industrial complex and intelligence apparatus. Gut those agencies, the problem will fix itself.
No, we made them. If we gut the military industrial complex and intelligence apparatus, the problem will fix itself.
Yes but in cooperation with the mexican army
Being Mexican and have living in the country I can tell you that the military should get involved but not to the level the news wishes to portray it. We should only allow our tier 1 units, and the best special operations intelligence teams to do this. Currently even the president of Mexico himself is bought out from the cartel. My mothers country is so bad right now.
Yes, but should form a joint task force with Mexico for cross boarder operations.
No, due to the government profiting from drug cartels
Not right now, the drug cartels own alot of the Mexican military and can bleed into the US troops who don't get paid enough and may and have taken bribes before.
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Yes, but in the form of covert ops by special forces.
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