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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by ramesh31 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:17PM (#38758678)
Healthiest demographics of any major nation on earth. Mexico will be fundamental to North American security, stability, and prosperity through the 21st century.
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by intrasight on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:36PM (#38758764)
Stability? Perhaps some day. Violence and instability make Mexico a risky place to invest. But Laredo TX now is the largest port in the United States
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by shiroiuma on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:04PM (#38758963)
When? Mexico doesn't even control all its own territory: a lot of it is controlled by narco cartels.
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by klipklop on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:44PM (#38759881)
Nothing the US military can’t fix (or make things worse?) when the time comes. If the cartels get in the way of making money through industry they will be taken down a few notches.
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by MasterYoda900 on Monday December 25, 2023 @12:27AM (#38760087)
The US military would be unable to defeat the cartels. The US military is designed to fight standing armies, not criminal organizations or insurgencies. Any plausible solution to the cartel issue will take a long time to implement and require some unpalatable choices. For example: indefinite suspension of legal rights and due process for all military age males; arbitrary arrests and detention; mass amnesties; legalization; curfews; invasive government surveillance.
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by namlem on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:57AM (#38779481)
The El Salvadoran military defeated their local chapters. Though you are right about the necessity of suspending due process in cartel-controlled regions.
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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by para_parolu on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:13AM (#38763728)
Same military that defeated taliban?
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