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Originally posted by blocula
www.huffingtonpost.com... this country mexico is more dangerous than any other in the world right now.thousands of men women and children are being massacred every month! by viscious drug gangs and i think that our army needs to teach them a lesson they will never forget,hunt them down and lock them up.we could do it if we really wanted to. and i think we should because mexico borders the usa and we should do something about it before this muderous rampage spreads over into our country...but theres no oil in mexico so we'll probably do nothing...edit on 17-8-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)edit on 17-8-2011 by dbates because: Slight title edit. (United States milita - now U.S. military)
Originally posted by blocula
no just send the troops in there and get rid of the drug gangs
Originally posted by kro32
You really want to add that entire nation to our welfare system?
it's already stretched thin as it is.
Originally posted by deadmessiah
I was talking to my dad about making a trip from California to south Venezuela to visit the people we spent most of our lives with. Hardest perceived part of the trip? Mexico. Not the rough terrain of the jungles and mountains, the washed out dirt roads and not even the F.A.R.C. rebels of Colombia. I've lived in some bad areas of the world before, but even packing assault rifles and shotguns to make the trip, Mexico is a daunting aspect. Mexico is a war zone and I'm sick and tired of the violence spreading to our country.
Great point dude. Sending our troops in there would require us spending billions of taxpayer dollars. The better idea would be to end the drug wars, and the majority of the Cartels profits will disappear. Not only will the violence in Mexico decline, but rather than us spending billions of dollars and having to kill people to end the violence, we would instead make billions from the legalization of drugs, save Americans from victimless criminal charges as well as jailtime, and avoid entering another war.
Good idea. We did such a good job against the Taliban that we ought to take on a tougher opponent...
Better idea: Stop prohibition and watch most of the gangs and violence slowly melt away.
business men are thugs that hide inside fancy suits and "appear" all clean cut and shaven so they wont fit into the publics stereotypical thug image and they buy their way out of jail
Originally posted by daskakik
Originally posted by blocula
i saw this as well but keep in mind that this data only goes up to 2004,thats 7 years ago and since then the murder rate in mexico has gone up and up "a lot" higher
Originally posted by daskakik
There are over 40 countries with higher per capita murder rates around the world.
List of countries by intentional homicide rate
While Mexico has about three times the murder rate per capita compared to the US, the US has around three times the murder rate of Canada so by your logic Canada should invade the US and teach the US a lesson?
Also Mexico is the second largest supplier of oil to the US after Canada. Maybe that is why they don't go around invading each other. Their actually a pretty tight bunch.edit on 17-8-2011 by daskakik because: (no reason given)
Actually if you look at the third table on that page it goes up to 2009, the last column says Most recent which I would imagine is whatever has been tallied since then.
Just so you understand no one wants soldiers policing. That is called martial law. The US doesn't want the US military policing on US soil so why would any other country.
Also what you fail to understand about legalization is that if something is illegal then it is more expensive and that means higher profits. Also if you are dealing something illegal then you won't think twice in commiting other crimes like kidnapping and murder to control the market. When was the last time you saw the makers of Jack Daniels put a hit out on the Jim Beam crew? Doesn't happen because they are not thugs living the gangsta life, they are businesses that don't need to take those risks because what they do is legit.
thanx for your comments...if this was the 1940s and roosevelt and eisenhower and patton found out about innocent us citizens being slaughtered at the border they would send troops tanks and planes down there and crush these gangs into submission without any hesitation...we use to fight with brass knuckles on...now its with kid gloves
Originally posted by AzazeI
I totally agree with the O P, mexico's people are in dire need of help, innocent people are being murdered on a daily bases its total chaos in that country, the U S military should step in and take the drug cartels out.
Anyone who disagrees is simply racist
you should hear all the horror stories
quit sending troops to middle eastern countries and do something about your neighbors that are in serious need.edit on 17-8-2011 by AzazeI because: (no reason given)
these demented drug addicted punk gang members deserve to die and they should be killed as a statement for standing up for all of those innocent people that cant and dont have a voice anymore because they have been slaughtered
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by pirhanna
Great point dude. Sending our troops in there would require us spending billions of taxpayer dollars. The better idea would be to end the drug wars, and the majority of the Cartels profits will disappear. Not only will the violence in Mexico decline, but rather than us spending billions of dollars and having to kill people to end the violence, we would instead make billions from the legalization of drugs, save Americans from victimless criminal charges as well as jailtime, and avoid entering another war.
Good idea. We did such a good job against the Taliban that we ought to take on a tougher opponent...
Better idea: Stop prohibition and watch most of the gangs and violence slowly melt away.
It's the perfect plan! That would kill two birds with one stone, ending the unwinnable Drug War so we would quit wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on that, and also ending or greatly slowing the Cartel violence in Mexico.
But nah, let's go in there and kill 'em! We got all these guns, we gotta use 'em on someone, right?edit on 17-8-2011 by TupacShakur because: To edit my post