MicroWaveAug 26, 2023

GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings

https://lemmy.world/post/3847070

GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings - Lemmy.world

Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting normalized. Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate featured high-stakes policy disagreements on a range of issues from abortion to the environment — but found near-unanimous consensus on the idea of using American military force to fight drug smuggling and migration.

Show threadSanctusAug 26, 2023
You don’t need guns to kill the Cartels. You need to legalize drigs and regulate them. The war on drugs is what made the cartels what they are today.
Show threadTechmasterAug 26, 2023
That’s completely out of the question in the Nanny States of America. The republicans want their “small government” to tell you what you’re allowed to put in or do to your own body, so free will would never be acceptable.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023

I’m sorry, but do you have the same position on gun laws (about nannies)?

Cause we are talking about heavy narcotics, that usually don’t give you a second chance. Guns don’t make you physically, medically dependent and unable to reconsider.

If that’s your point of view on narcotics, then in it one should also be able to own an Abrams tank with all the weaponry, legally.

Now, light drugs are fine, but Mexican cartels don’t deal in that.

Show threadMidwestBearAug 27, 2023
I think the difference is drugs do damage to mostly yourself while guns do damage to mostly others.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023
Under influence of drugs you can inflict any conceivable damage on others, which you wouldn’t without drugs.
Show threadCaptainAnikiAug 27, 2023
That’s just all kinds of false
Show threadvacuumflower
What, that psychoactive substances make one inadequate while taking them? FFS, just encountering such people as yourself reinforces my belief that these should be controlled.
Aug 27, 2023 at 10:41amWeb
Show threadCaptainAnikiAug 27, 2023
I, too, love to make shit up. Usually when I am talking about how good my dogs are. You just make up other shit though. And then post it online.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023
Yeah, I’m definitely not trying to teach this particular pigeon play chess.
Show threadmedgremlinAug 27, 2023
The drug most commonly implicated in acts of violence (particularly domestic violence) is alcohol, and there’s ads for that plastered all over the damn country. The violence associated with “hard” drugs like heroin or cocaine is usually tied to their acquisition or sale. Alcohol is the one that causes violence via consumption, and it’s one of the only drugs that its withdrawal can very easily kill you. Opiate withdrawal sucks, but it’s typically not lethal.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023
I’m not excluding alcohol.