Do you think the United States will defeat the cartels?

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CalmUntilAbused · Accepted Answer

Oh... I do not believe the cartels can be defeated, only contained. You see, they are basically businessmen doing business. As long as there is demand for their products, they will survive, just like any other business.

Now... The cartels in business at the moment could be dealt with through brute force, but the ideas of a cartel or of drug smuggling cannot be killed with bullets. However, I believe that President Donald Trump's domestic policies will improve the quality of life of US' citizens, therefore shrinking the demand for drugs as mental painkillers significantly enough to either massively tone down or even halt the cartels' activities on US' soil. Instead, they might branch out to Konzentrationslager Europa or to Canada, if the resignation of Trudeau does not incite further conservative reform there.

Now... As hopeless as it sounds regarding the eradication of the cartels, it is actually pretty good news. The point is, should Demo (n) crats ever return to power in the USA, the resulting human misery will bring the demand for mental painkillers back and will therefore bring the cartels back to the US' soil, undermining the resulting totalitarian left-wing regime's ability to reign in its own citizens, much less the rest of the world.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

Yes, they will be decimated.

IslaTheWitch · Accepted Answer

I've read some articles that the US military on the border has a deal with cartels to lower possible death rates on both sides :D

I don't really think that anyone wants to die in the name of the holy war... os someone else's political career...

avery58 · Accepted Answer

No because the United States arms the cartels in the first place

razelove · Answer

I don't think so. The best case scenario is wiping out one cartel so badly other ones absorb them, killing some leaders, and putting enough pressure on the mexican government that the rampant corruption gets reigned in.

The cartels stretch from there through South America, and then gangs in Asia and Europe who move drugs as well. I mean, it's literally war on drugs 2.0, the more successful it is, the higher drug prices will climb, and the more incentive there is for others to fill the gaps like in the 1.0 version. Add on that many of them can be manufactured locally, and it doesn't look good.

bolverk · Answer

It would not surprise me in the slightest, as when Trump was last in office he had a face to face with a Taliban Leader and Trump straight up stated Through an interpreter, that If any US troops died as a result of hostile actions by the Taliban, the Taliban leader would be dead soon after, and showed the Taliban Leader a photo of the leaders home, to show that US Forces knew where he lived.
I can see Trump using a similar method to that or the one shown in the Tom Clancy book 'Clear and Present Danger'.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Probably not totally, no. You have to realize that cartels and mafias are one shade off of legitimate terrorist organizations. And they're going to behave that way. Even if the US military spanks the cartels, smaller time groups will form and rise up to take the cartels' place.

RealMarek · Answer

Intervention in Mexico to completely defeat the cartels would be very difficult. Remember how much trouble we had in Iraq? Imagine a much bigger area with a lot of urban areas and mountainous terrain and an opponent with better funding and weapons (like FPV drones) than the Iraqi insurgents ever dreamed of having. A better approach would be robust border security, controls on remittances, and defeating cartel members on the US side of the border.

DrPepper12 · Answer

So this is what phase in the war on drugs? USA Americans are fucking dense if they think that anything other than reducing the domestic demand will help. Going after the cartels will just limit supply and make the successful cartels even more money & power.

sage2021 · Answer

Cartels aren't going down without costing American lives. This could cause a lot of trouble in America.
They are the worst of the worst.
Plus they have tunnels everywhere so how could they possibly get rid of all of them?

JesseP1nk · Answer

It might sound crazy but that will be new Afghanistan for Americans. You guys dont know how deep in their society cartels are. Their government is compromised and on cartels payroll. They are gonna know when you guys are gonna come and what you gonna do. Even if you manage to wipe the off the planet. How you gonna convince ordinary people not to help next criminal organization when they are making only 385 usd per month

molonski2 · Answer

Catels the new Afghanistan.

Because just who exactly are they? It's hardly black / white and these are giant businesses.

Defeat? Eradicate? = Impossible , it's a combination of highly sort after product ( s ) .

NathanDavis · Answer

the USA is also the cartel... good luck with that one also... the USA Special "Ops" already work in Mexico... "everyone" knows about that

mattthefatbat · Answer

Right now?, with more firing of competent people in favor of hiring incompetent trump loyalists? I never knew the united states government liked to gamble that ridiculously high.

NaultD · Answer

The war on terrorism was a lost cause. So it's basically the same thing again but closer to home. If you thought refugees where bad already it will be 10x worse.

Dargil · Answer

Yes. We have the intelligence and special forces to do it. Like ISIS. We will first bomb their haciendas and then mop up with Marine Recon. I wish I could volunteer.

adventurous-1 · Answer

No, we don't have the intelligent means to end them or even control them, especially now that we've pissed off our allies that use to feed us info.

Kaneki05 · Answer

No? Because they don't want to. If US wanted to get rid of them they'd be gone.

AviatorTom · Answer

The cartels fight among themselves, as well as to external forces. Some always survive.

HungTexan · Answer

Yes. If we’re committed. The cartels are nothing compared to the US if we hit them hard.

slatyb · Answer

OPEC? Very unlikely. Which others did you have in mind?

Twalli · Answer

Cartels aren't anything you want to mess with. We have guns and body armor, so do they, but they also have connections and know their area better than we ever could.

douride2 · Answer

Didn't they try that in south America years ago. It didn't work to well then.

UrsulaY · Answer

America doesn't have the balls. trump is all smoke and blame.

Wiredone · Answer

They can defeat them but they are not trying to

KrakenAttackin · Answer

Destroying the Cartels would be a busy afternoon for the U. S. Military.

GAGsucksballs89170 · Answer

Did you know that MS-13, is actually a gang that was born out of L. A., NOT mexico

blackeagle007 · Answer

Someone has to, no one’s doing a damn thing where they are based

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

America is run by the Trump Crime Cartel !!!

Anonymous · Answer

As much as will ever WIN the war on terrorism.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The U. S. is a cartel in itself.

DaBiggestBird · Answer

There’s nothing a nuke can’t fix

Anonymous · Answer

Trump isn't smart enough.

hafinjun · Answer

My opinion? they are idiots

jimmy2 · Answer

Yes but it will be rough

Dongie · Answer

I do.

Pterodon · Answer

Yes.

Anonymous · Answer

I hope so.

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