Mexican Pres Candidate says, "Flood the US with immigrants"

[ABNAK]

since everyone thinks we steal land and conquer ? maybe we do just that
take all of Mexico for the US then go in with the military and clean house of any and all gang members in a huge super fast sweep
first gather any one with a gang tattoo incl any US gangs etc.. and immediate execution any and all politicians that are known corrupt and do the same which would clear out many of our members at the same time win win

sure we could keep going all the way to the canal asking countries if they would like us to clean house for them and join up

No, "nation building" isn't our forte', and Mexico would be one HUGE welfare case.

Treat them as a hostile government at a minimum, with punitive military strikes if necessary. They are NOT our friends.

[Whiskey_Bravo]

I for one think we should be running normal bombing and drone campaigns against the cartels. At least make it hard on them.

[Averageman]

I for one think we should be running normal bombing and drone campaigns against the cartels. At least make it hard on them.

How much money moves from the Cartel's to the Politicians?
There are likely more than a few Candidate's fully funded by them.
However, it would seem the numbers of illegal crossers aren't coming from, but rather through Mexico.
How much of this works in the favour of the Cartel's is questionable, but every minute, every dollar we spend messing with these so called "refugees" were not stopping dope coming in to the Country.

[flenna]

since everyone thinks we steal land and conquer ? maybe we do just that
take all of Mexico for the US then go in with the military and clean house of any and all gang members in a huge super fast sweep
first gather any one with a gang tattoo incl any US gangs etc.. and immediate execution any and all politicians that are known corrupt and do the same which would clear out many of our members at the same time win win

sure we could keep going all the way to the canal asking countries if they would like us to clean house for them and join up

When we won the Mexican American War we could have kept the whole country. But instead opted for the Southwest and California. In hindsight we probably should have kept it-lots of oil, great beach resorts and awesome food.

[LMT Shooter]

since everyone thinks we steal land and conquer ? maybe we do just that
take all of Mexico for the US then go in with the military and clean house of any and all gang members in a huge super fast sweep
first gather any one with a gang tattoo incl any US gangs etc.. and immediate execution any and all politicians that are known corrupt and do the same which would clear out many of our members at the same time win win

sure we could keep going all the way to the canal asking countries if they would like us to clean house for them and join up

Exactamundo. They come here for our way of life & standard of living. Let's take those to to them.

The Mexican government would not want this, but who cares.

But why stop at the canal?

[MegademiC]

Exactamundo. They come here for our way of life & standard of living. Let's take those to to them.

The Mexican government would not want this, but who cares.

But why stop at the canal?

You lost me there. What does that mean (what canal?)

[Honu]

You lost me there. What does that mean (what canal?)

I said we take over Mexico work our way down country by country cleaning out the gangs etc.. to the Canal so the Panama Canal

[SteyrAUG]

I said we take over Mexico work our way down country by country cleaning out the gangs etc.. to the Canal so the Panama Canal

Maybe we should accomplish that in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York before we start deluding ourselves with notions of gang free Mexico. I think our best viable option is containment. We simply aren't willing to do what would be necessary to eliminate Mexican and South American cartels and even if we were willing, it would make Afghanistan and Iraq look like a joke.

If we started a real "war on drugs" and took it to enemy lands, well funded and American trained special forces would make Al Quida and ISIS look like Antifa. We can't even defeat Saudi oil funded fundamentalists, can you imagine if we went up against cocaine and heroin funded cartels and their private militias?

It would be a never ending shit storm with and endless supply of shit. Would we really want to spend the lives in the special forces community on a fundamentally unachievable goal? Our time would be better spent nation building in Somalia. At least there we can genuinely kick ass if we ever decided to.

[NWPilgrim]

since everyone thinks we steal land and conquer ? maybe we do just that
take all of Mexico for the US then go in with the military and clean house of any and all gang members in a huge super fast sweep
first gather any one with a gang tattoo incl any US gangs etc.. and immediate execution any and all politicians that are known corrupt and do the same which would clear out many of our members at the same time win win

sure we could keep going all the way to the canal asking countries if they would like us to clean house for them and join up

This strategy has my vote. Mexico is a failed state. They rely on exporting citizens more than non-human natural resources like oil. They admit they don't even want to try to make their country safe for families. If we REALLY CARED about Mexicans, the kindest thing we could do is take over their country and establish order and safe commerce and democracy.

Get rid of cartels by legalizing drugs and let Proctor and Gamble, Johnson & Johnson be the distributors of known quality product at market competitive prices.

[ABNAK]

Thank God it'll never happen 'cause I see some people here wishing for some crazy things. Who the hell wants Mexico? Like Steyr said, containment is the best policy. Use force judiciously if and when necessary; what're they gonna do? Make the border like the DMZ, sealed tight as a drum. NO ONE gets across. We have drones out the wazoo so 24/7 coverage of attempts to cross should be detectable. If the cartels make noise a Hellfire up their leadership's ass in the middle of the night would tamp things down (it isn't like we don't know who their leadership is I'm sure). Right now they only face the "wrath" of a corrupt, inept Mexican government. They would be facing REAL wrath from us.

Again, isolate and seal off, and let them rot from within. NO ONE crosses to escape, they stew in their own mess. Force if necessary.