“So what bothers me is this whole accountability bullshit.”

Translation: “The problem is the people of Minnesota don’t put up with our shit.”

…to blend in with the regular population. If you’re on the ground, be aware. For those of us not on the ground, just be aware that you may hear or see less, and it may seem like things are de-escalating, but in all likelihood they are just hiding their atrocities better.

LOL The old Beverly Hills Cop trick 🤣🤣

I don’t know man… but I’m having dejavú

Lay with dogs, you get fleas…

The U.S. would be invading a sovereign state to fight criminal networks that:
Can’t surrender. Don’t control territory in a classic way. Thrive in chaos.
They don’t need to win. They only need to survive.

As far as the cartels themselves, the US has NO IDEA what kind of ghost they’d be fighting.

You can kill cartel leaders indefinitely and still lose.

That’s not a moral claim; it’s an empirical one.

That pattern has held across: Different centuries, different technologies, different invaders.
I’m not even going to go into how politically and economically disastrous this would be for the US.

Military elite forces trained by the US. Do not under estimate Mexico. They have defeated the most powerful militaries (Spain, France) several times.

Mexico is a country that repeatedly defeats stronger powers not by overpowering them, but by making occupation untenable.

…Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela, and God knows who else simultaneously, with boots on the ground, while being led by an alcoholic ex Fox News anchor? This would make Vietnam look like a paintball match. We have literally trained Mexico’s army on many levels, and most cartels are formed by ex-Mexican…

How many wars has the US won since WWII? If you want to count he invasion of Grenada, which lasted 3 days that had the tactical complexity of robbing a convenience store, that’s 1.
Vietnam, Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.
Do you genuinely think we would have a chance in hell of invading Mexico…

Someone should tell him we already did this in Panama. Remember Noriega in ‘89?

Umm… we already did Panama with Noriega in ‘89

This is not the first time the US has done something similar. Remember Panama in ‘89 and Grenada in ‘83.
Best case scenario is that something similar happens.

Still illegal, but not globally catastrophic.

Oh, did Trump promise something and then not come through? You sweet summer child…

And assured that he would be protected and Scott free if he stepped down. He’ll go live as a political refugee in UAE or some other country.
The US installs puppet regime.

Ok, let me put my tin foil hat on:

Maduro will not see any jail time. Heck, the trial may be thrown out because his capture was illegal. This is not a bug, it’s a feature. This was negotiated in advanced with Maduro and the bombs were just theater. maduro was probably given a few million dollars…