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Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy (apnews.com)

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[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How many bus full of Mexicans must get slaughtered before he will fight them on behalf of Mexicans?

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[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] Kindness@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

Mexican police went to America to be trained by their military. When police were sent back, they abandoned the government and became one of the most vicious and capable cartels on the planet.

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[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

If I was a rouge security agency who wanted to smuggle drugs into the US to fund secret, illegal and immoral wars around the world, I'd use a cartel just like that one.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

They received the imperialism masterclass.

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[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social -4 points 4 months ago

I'm aware. And I think that's a US cultural thing not neoliberal. Most of Europe wouldn't contribute to the weapon issue if they were next to Mexico.

But on the main topic, sure there is some crazy footage but he still is using a padded stick.

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[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

All NATO weapons sent to Ukraine are 100% accounted for and would never end up in the hands of criminals (the fascist Ukrainian state excluded). Nope, nothing to see here. Just peaceful Europe.

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[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social -4 points 4 months ago

Big yikes. Russia is a facist, terror state and no amount of finger pointing and projection will change that.

You have literally 0 evidence for that claim. And to send weapons to Europe then back to Mexico would be a lot of work.

Much more likely its regular old US military corruption or weapon manufacturer corruption along with smuggling on the border.

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[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Need to be the akshually guy here. Russia is a deeply authoritarian state which has gotten a lot more authoritarian post war. However, it isn't fascist yet.

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[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah maybe it isn't considered to be yet. However it's pretty rich to hear pro Russian people calling Ukraine fascists as Russia continues move towards fascism.

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[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

True

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[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago

The tankies love to slurp up Russian propaganda that Ukraine are fascists and that's why Russia are the good guys. If Russia isn't fascist then I don't know which country is, but if there were a scale then Russia is significantly closer to fascism than Ukraine.

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[-] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I didn't say anything about Russia. Don't change the subject.

A report released in January by the Pentagon Inspector General’s office found that the Defense Department failed to conduct proper end-use oversight on more than $1 billion worth of military equipment — nearly forty thousand weapons — sent to Ukraine.

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/ukraine-us-weapons-defense-department