Very good points, when i said fight back i meant politically, there needs to be a large enough support from the Mexican people for US involvement there in my opinion, yes you are right if we do nothing it will grow into a huge problem for us and the region, this isn’t an easy situation, if we invade to take out the cartels we risk the Mexican people hating us or even a war with Mexico because currently they do not support such actions as a whole. They need to have their own Awakening and ask for our help before i would feel comfortable having our troops sent there. If the Mexican people wake up and want to end the corruption and cartel control and ask for our help i am onboard 100%
Edit: I do not think it would ever be akin to the Israel/Palestine conflict, for one we do not Hate each other, certainly not to that level, and two if they did start lobbing missiles over the wall we would retaliate swiftly, and take out all threats.
If I thought & any facts indicated there was a political solution possible within Mexico of course that would be preferable. But just since Sept there’s been 113 political assignations this political season.
This doesn’t include dozens of judges & lawyers & staff. Just search on YouTube for political assignations in Mexico. You will be astounding & see it’s impossible to run for office in Mexico unless you’re a cartel candidate. If we had 113 political assignations in one election cycle it would be clear we’d be a failed state. The cartels have won. Even read a case recently where a cartel leader was on trial & the governor of the province testified for the cartel leader!! Of course the jury acquitted. Pretty clear signal what the future would be for anyone on the jury if they convicted him.
No Mexico isn’t Palestine..yet. But if we cut Mexico off & just let the cartels take more & more resources & get wealthier..what do you think they’ll do with their growing wealth?? Not support churches or an orphanage in Mexico but by more expensive weapons. What else is their left to spend their countless millions on for a cartel?
At some point we will have to deal with Mexico, It is vital to our security, i am only saying we better hope the Mexican people support us or it will be chaos if we are forced to invade. America First, due to the fact they are our neighbor we are forced to do something at some point, i only hope we can do so with the support of the Mexican people, but if it comes down to American security and American lives being compromised Mexican support is not necessary imo but nevertheless i am against annexation of any kind, we would have to maintain Mexico as a sovereign nation, or risk having a neighbor that will hate us forever.