brown people

They give us workers and refugees! We should bomb the shit out of them and then they'll checks notes send us... workers and refugees?

The right has been scapegoating Mexico over the ongoing opiod crisis and Fentanyl specifically

Didn't pay for the wall

I think it is a ploy by Russia and China to get the US to hurt itself.

Mexico is key to our economic future. The manufacturing which the US is trying to onshore needs many different inputs some from lower cost labor sources. Mexico provides some of the middleish parts of the process (yes Mexican labor is more skilled than other inputs from South Asia). While the US labor pool provides the upper end. Cars, appliances, low end electronics etc. are where Mexico comes in. The US just doesn’t have the labor pool to do all of this at a decent price point.

While central and southern Mexico may not be big fans of the US. People in the North are fairly pro USA as they see a lot of economic integration. Dropping bombs on them even when we are going after the cartels is not going to keep them on our side and we will see the anti US sentiment take over the country.

It’s basically one of the few extremely dumb things we could do to royally fuck up our economy.

Remember the Alamo!

'member those scary caravans?!?

“Poor Mexico, So far from God, so close to the United States.”

Let's face it, they will be. As a non American I'm wondering how I can convince our nation to further distance itself from the US as I just don't think they are a partner we should be too tightly coupled to; they're displaying all the signs of an empire on the edge of implosion.

Mexican drug cartels are responsible for manufacturing and smuggling much of the fentanyl that enters the United States and causes most drug overdose deaths, killing about 150 people a day.

But we're just going to ignore the broken healthcare system that CAUSED all those addictions in the 90s, right? Yeah, sure, lets get people hooked on pain killers, and then cut them off cold turkey. They'll just stop being addicted, right? Right???

Doesn't matter how much you bomb Mexico. If there is a demand for drugs there will be a supply. No matter the price. A drug addict will do ANYTHING to get it

Cutting the supply would only work if you're somehow able to cut almost all supply for 30 years straight, until the currently addicted people die off or sort themselves out

To stop the drugs you need to stop the demand for drugs. Treat addicts instead of arresting them. And oh my god stop prescribing literal Opioids as "treatment"

Drug addiction is a mental health problem. Reducing supply may have some effect in reducing overdoses in the short term, but it doesn't solve the underlying issue, and it's likely that new and potentially even more dangerous sources will pop up quickly. And military action is absurdly heavy handed and unless Mexico are on board with it, I can't see it ending well (and even then).

Yes, but a lot of the current drug epidemic stems from over-prescription of opiates like oxycontin. Another big factor is the absolute garbage availability of social services. If you're homeless, cold, and in pain, heroin is a great way to feel better for a while. Housing and healthcare would go a long way to keep people away from drugs.

Very few people say "you know, this weekend I think I'll take up smoking meth". There's usually something that puts them in a vulnerable position that makes it seem like a good idea.

He's leaving out the fact that the people smuggling in fentanyl are mostly U.S. citizens. Shockingly, citizens are less likely to be searched and you can smuggle a huge amount of fentanyl in a tiny container. Who is he planning on bombing to stop that?

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191638114/fentanyl-smuggling-migrants-mexico-border-drugs

It's still Mexicans, isn't it?

America's drug crisis is down to its healthcare system, justice system, education system and regressive social policies.

The cartels supply a demand.

I wonder how they'd respond to knowing that all this cartel violence is conducted with weapons manufactured in the US and smuggled into Mexico or that their wealth and power comes from US dollars manufactured and smuggled into Mexico?

End prohibition. Put the cartels out of business.

It means America only.

It's not the policy, it's where that slogan comes from:

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversies

They bought their own propaganda that America's worldwide military presence is not for it's own benefit but out of a noble desire to protect democracy or whatever.

You can also come with us outside of US and eat popcorn instead of slapping your face daily