EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Suggests U.S. Military Response to Mexican Cartels

breitbart.com ^ | 12 Jun 2017

[henkster]

Isn’t the real problem the drug hungry customers in the US? 

No demand, no supply.

[hinckley buzzard]

The United States lost almost 60,000 people to the opioid epidemic last year. That's more than in ten years of war in VietNam, way more than in fifteen years of Iraq and Afghanistan.

[FreedomStar3028]

I’ve talked to people that walked through Afghani poppy fields in full American battle dress.

They didn’t burn them to the ground.

The big problem is the DEA is corrupt. The ATF is corrupt. They’re all corrupt and for the right price they’ll let anything through. The cartels can pay the right price.

[dragnet2]

Good gawd, after nearly 30 years of lawless illegal invasion of millions, all sponsored by those in government, this guy is suddenly wants to get real tough! I really dislike D.C. politicians. Trump must be disgusted by these people.

It’s just pathetic. If not for Trump, Mr. Cruz wouldn’t even be discussing this. Then he drops a Bush name? Damn...

[momincombatboots]

Um.. our military heroes dying for Mexico? How about build the wall and enforce with shoot on sight? Stop sacrificing American blood and money for countries of animals in charge. The decent folks of any country, well we can’t save them. Are they talking about safe zones? Still no Wall, no troops.

[Seruzawa]

Er. Not the same thing. The War on some drugs is a dismal failure.

[ConservativeMind]

And you think we’ve had great success with stopping murder and rape?

[Seruzawa]

The worst drugs plaguing our nation come straight off the RX pad. But by all means keep this self- destructive war going. After all. You get to fight it from a computer terminal.

[ConservativeMind]

You don’t get it. I am with you on legalizing rape, murder, and drugs.

Once those are legal, we have instantly solved many major crimes that plague our country. Cartels will go out of business, people will stop being sexually frustrated and angered, and our population will decrease.

[Seruzawa]

How many people have you personally detoxed off of drugs?

[ConservativeMind]

The legality of drugs does not influence the ability to detox someone.

[Seruzawa]

None then. Busted any dealers or even called the coos on one?

[Eleutheria5]

America never fought a war and grabbed territory from Colombia, which has no border with the US. Besides, a border incursion was already tried against Poncho Villa, and it didn’t go well. I’m not against it, but this has to be carefully thought out.

[Jim Noble]

My great-uncle was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1915 for the Mexican punitive expedition. Maybe it’s time for another one.

[Jim Noble]

“This would be like Vietnam right on our doorstep”

If we fought it like Vietnam, it would.

[spintreebob]

wouldn't our intelligence agencies

Our intelligence agencies seem to have other priorities. Just witness the congressional hearings and leaks to the MSM.

[Neoliberalnot]

Ted is spot on. The US Coast Guard has been doing drug interdiction for decades. At the same to,e send them to take the Obama’s and Clinton’s to hell or Gitmo.

[Neoliberalnot]

We are also still in Germany, Japan, and Korea.

[NobleFree]

And you think we’ve had great success with stopping murder and rape?

Two in three murders get solved. How many drug "crimes" even become known to the authorities ... two in 3,000 maybe?

[angcat]

Get our troops out of Afghanistan and put them on the border.