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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Elderberry on November 19, 2019, 01:21:33 am

Title: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: Elderberry on November 19, 2019, 01:21:33 am
American Military News by  Bryan Anderson 11/18/2019

 Mayor Pete Buttigieg said at a Latino forum in Los Angeles on Sunday that he’d be willing to send U.S. troops into Mexico to combat gang and drug violence.

“There is a scenario where we could have security cooperation,” Buttigieg said.

Even so, he added a caveat: “I’d only order American troops into conflict if American lives were on the line and if it was necessary to meet treaty obligations.”

His campaign later clarified that Buttigieg would only be open to military use as a “last resort” in response to Mexican cartel violence or an outside threat that endangers the country’s security.

Buttigieg’s comments came in response to a question at an event hosted by ABC7 Eyewitness News, where he added he would work to “make drug trafficking less profitable by walking away from the failed war on drugs here in the United States.”

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/11/pete-buttigieg-says-hes-open-to-sending-us-troops-to-mexico/ (https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/11/pete-buttigieg-says-hes-open-to-sending-us-troops-to-mexico/)
Title: Re: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: libertybele on November 19, 2019, 01:23:23 am
I find this interesting coming from a DEM. 
Title: Re: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: jmyrlefuller on November 19, 2019, 02:31:14 am
A classic Road to Des Moines conversion story.
Title: Re: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: Absalom on November 19, 2019, 03:15:40 am
A reflection.
In early 1916, Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM, killing
18 Americans while Villa suffered some 100 casualties.
We buried their dead while hanging those captured; then
POTUS Wilson ordered John Pershing to capture/kill Villa.
After months of search and destroy, some 3000 Mexicans
has been killed but Villa was not found.
There is ample precedent for a forceful response to Mexico's 
drug scumbags.
Title: Re: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: truth_seeker on November 19, 2019, 03:56:13 am
It is halftime in Mexico City in the NFL game between the Chargers, and the Chiefs.

Mexico is among the top trading partners with the US, after No. 1 China

Thos dual citizen LeBaron familymembers, from the terrible killings recently, had been livin in Mexico for generation.

Is Mexico safe? Not entirely. 
Title: Re: Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending US troops to Mexico
Post by: Chosen Daughter on November 19, 2019, 04:01:49 am
Quote from: libertybele on November 19, 2019, 01:23:23 am
I find this interesting coming from a DEM.

Me too.