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 threadMadison420Aug 27, 2023
Taking a drug is a choice, getting shot is not. Stop being obtuse and conflating separate issues. Shame on you.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023
Yes, it’s a choice that you are going to possibly lose control of yourself and do various things you wouldn’t usually. If we are treating intoxication by cocaine or anything else as negligible while determining criminal responsibility for murders etc, that is, that every act under intoxication was intentional - then I’m fine with legalizing all drugs.
Show threadyawnAug 27, 2023
Don’t know what you’re talking about, every act under intoxication is already legally intentional. “It’s not rape officer, I was drunk!” Doesn’t hold up in court
Show threadvacuumflower
Well, then fine. The more coke sniffers - the fewer coke sniffers, rephrasing the joke about suicides.
Aug 27, 2023 at 5:33pmWeb