The Mexican government has also responded to these proposals with scalding outrage. As Zach Beauchamp points out at Vox, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at a press conference that “We won’t allow it. And not only are we not going to allow it, we’re denouncing it.” Even a single drone attack would seem highly likely to end up in a direct confrontation with the Mexican military.

That's the important part of the article. It may be worth discussing whether to use the US military against drug cartels, but doing it without the full consent of the Mexican government would be batshit crazy.

[–] arcrust@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd still call bullshit. Done attacks will be useless. People desire drugs. They'll find a way.

The problem is supply and demand. If people want to use drugs, they're going to either way. We need to make the drugs ourselves and create harm reduction centers. Attack the problem at home.

For real, if I was buying FDA regulated MDMA at Walgreens, there would be a virtually 0 percent chance of me accidentally getting addicted to fentanyl.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well...yeah, of course. This isn't about drug use. This is about fear and hate.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It was never about the drugs.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

That's how the US get Russia-levels of sanctions from every other nation. Russia would cream it's pants if the US did something so boldly stupid.