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Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2025
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Uh, this is the second neighbour/ally/trilateral trade partner who's sovereignty he's threatened
Yes, but that was BEFORE he soft-launched martial law against cities that vote against him. Deploying troops is a huge escalation over threats and emboldens his administration while desensitizing us to his horrors.
The last I heard, we've now murdered 10 boatsful of Venezuelans. I don't even know if that number is accurate because I've been too busy to really catch up on all of our current atrocities. The last I'd heard before that number was 3.
The point is, we're getting to the point that we'd shrug at following through on a foreign invasion. What I'm saying is that while we're now watching our fearless leader make good on bad promises, let's keep a Mexican invasion categorized under TACOs. If we start threatening to force our way north, then you'll get to see how much worse my French is than my Spanish.
You could take a look at the article in order to catch up: "If authorized, the planned missions would represent a significant escalation in Trump’s ongoing series of attacks against he has claimed to be drug cartel operations, which include at least 15 strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean and western Pacific Ocean."
Up to 15 strikes it looks like.
No.
But you're right, I probably should have read it before responding. I was immediately reactionary.
Sorry for the attitude, looks like I was in a shitty mood. Apologies.
Wow, someone is paying attention!