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    Y'all realize that Mexico is the country that used a helicopter gunship in a raid on a cartel jefe, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MountainRaven View Post
    Y'all realize that Mexico is the country that used a helicopter gunship in a raid on a cartel jefe, right?

    Then why didn't they use them here?

    Obrador, that's why.
    What if this whole crusade's a charade?
    And behind it all there's a price to be paid
    For the blood which we dine
    Justified in the name of the holy and the divine…

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    Quote Originally Posted by MountainRaven View Post
    Y'all realize that Mexico is the country that used a helicopter gunship in a raid on a cartel jefe, right?

    Then why didn't they use them here?

    Obrador, that's why.
    What if this whole crusade's a charade?
    And behind it all there's a price to be paid
    For the blood which we dine
    Justified in the name of the holy and the divine…

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    One thing I'm wondering about the Mexican cartels: Do they have any endgame beyond just "continue to sell drugs"? Are they trying to overthrow the Mexican government? Or are they just trying kick the government out of certain areas so that they set up small pseudostates where they can traffic unimpeded and exploit and oppress the local population at their leisure?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoringGuy45 View Post
    One thing I'm wondering about the Mexican cartels: Do they have any endgame beyond just "continue to sell drugs"? Are they trying to overthrow the Mexican government? Or are they just trying kick the government out of certain areas so that they set up small pseudostates where they can traffic unimpeded and exploit and oppress the local population at their leisure?
    I am pretty sure it's the latter. Easier to stay under the international radar that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiskey_Bravo View Post
    We are worried about what is happening in the Middle East and this is what it looks like just south of our border. RPGs, mounted 50 cals, and what looks like homemade tanks.



    https://popularmilitary.com/drug-car...el-chapos-son/

    https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/201...a-lon-orig.cnn


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ql44LUgl2g

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBiaW4qfgII

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Q6WYNYmUo
    Live rounds finding their way on to the sides of tall buildings in downtown El Paso from these gun battles is not uncommon neither.
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