• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Wishing does not make it so. This is so obviously fake. Why should the cartels give the US reason to go to open war on them?

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      3 days ago

      And also the cartels employ many of those law enforcement officers, because of course they do, because it’s much easier to smuggle dope when you own the cops. And they’re probably not going to want to gun down their own employees, unless there’s some good reason to do so.

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        3 days ago

        I would not bet on the US winning it, but I can easily imagine the current US regime starting the big “South American War”.

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          2 days ago

          Oh for sure. No idea how they’d plan on determining who was a cartel soldier or not unless they just pull a genocide like Israel.