The United States is not an arbiter of which Mexicans are to be extrajudicially executed by drone strikes. You're acting like a coward who's only too happy the Mexicans are too weak to strike back.

[–] Bernie2028@midwest.social -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Buddy all I'm saying is the title is misleading. I'm obviously against the US bombing Mexican cartels, I just don't think it's going to start a war.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

If you think the US would be disciplined about only attacking cartels after seeing the War on Terror, I have a bridge to sell you

[–] Redcat@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, you know that the US can do almost anything it wants and that it won't trigger a war with Mexico. It can sanction thousands or millions to death by starvation and lack of medical supplies. It can bomb people. It can seize and occupy territory if it really wants to. Not because the US wouldn't be waging war then, but because the Mexicans and the rest of latin america are too weak to fight back. And in knowing this you can then claim that, actually, 'this is misleading 4/5 pinocchios Ron DeSantis only wants the right to do a little gunboat diplomacy with capital punishment characteristics and that's not really a war'.

I'm sure that if China drone bombed someone in New York the Americans would be super chill about it.