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Offline TomSea

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Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« on: November 12, 2019, 03:13:47 am »
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Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
Let’s stop kidding ourselves. They are terrorists.
By Mark Everette on November 11, 2019

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2006 is when Mexican military launched its war against drug trafficking organizations. This, simply put, has failed; on October 17, 2019, the Sinaloa Cartel defeated the Mexican military in open battle, and effectively forced the Mexican government to release Ovidio Guzman, son of convicted kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

As cartels increasingly resort to insurgent tactics to achieve their ends, they are presenting a genuine danger to both America and Mexico. President Trump recently remarked that waging war on drug cartels is fair game; the feeling resonated with members of Congress, activist groups, and former law enforcement officials.

The success of such a war hinges on law enforcement being equipped to combat these crime syndicates with every tool available to them, and in recognizing these cartels for what they are: foreign terrorist organizations.

Read more at: https://humanevents.com/2019/11/11/designate-mexican-drug-cartels-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations/

Looks like one of the better articles out there. I understand, Human Events has been modernized, we will see. Good article, I think a lot of it is a pay subscription now.

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Re: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2019, 09:21:27 am »
Should have been done long ago.
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Re: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2019, 12:39:23 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 12, 2019, 09:21:27 am
Should have been done long ago.

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Re US military taking out cartels: only one worry, would that unite the Mexican people against us?
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Re: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2019, 02:26:19 am »
jbsb wonders:
"Re US military taking out cartels: only one worry, would that unite the Mexican people against us?"

Those Mexicans who live in fear of the cartels would probably support such actions, since the Mexican government seems unable to do it.

Those who would oppose such action -- who cares?
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Re: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2019, 02:58:40 am »
I don't think even terrorist organization is a broad enough definition. They need their own category to give the govt maximum ability to neutralize them.
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Re: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. | Human Events
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2019, 10:42:19 am »
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