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Re:Mexican cartels are fifth-largest employers in the countr... by kadoban on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:05PM (#37613779)
It would be a years-long occupation with no clear end goal.

It would kill at _least_ hundreds of thousands and negatively affect the lives of an order of magnitude more.

It would almost certainly fail by any reasonable metric. Look at how occupying Iraq and Afganistan went, or how the US has done in South America over the last century.

And that's just for starters.

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Re:Mexican cartels are fifth-largest employers in the countr... by blovescoffee on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:57PM (#37614463)
Yeah and cartel membership isn't so simple. Most people in any cartel prominent state know cartel members and have a complicated relationship with it and them. They don't want some foreign military coming in and killing their uncle/cousin. They want better opportunities for their family members who are affiliated. In fact - that would probably be much cheaper than trying to kill cartel members with drone strikes.
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