1y ago

‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico

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1y ago

‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico

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And then the Republicans will have the crisis at the border with Guatemala to campaign on.
- And from there it's just borders all the way down.
  
  "Antarctica isn't sending us its best penguins..."
  
  The penguins are crossing the Drake Passage and taking our jerbs!
- Too much nuance there. It’s all Mexico south of the border.
- I’d expect this invasion to go about as well as Iraq and Afghanistan did. On top of that it would alienate most of the population of Northen Mexico who are very Pro USA due to their economic integration with the US economy.
America, seriously now, wtf is in your water?
- Lead
  
  Jokes aside, this definitely is one of the reasons for the current political mess.
- Lead.
- Water? You mean like in the toilet?
- Microplastics
"Trump never took us into a war." -- Trump fans. And yet he and his people keep talking about war.
- War at home no less...
  
  The problem with bombing your neighbour is that the guy whose family you just massacred can buy a bomb and a drone from AliExpress with free shipping and fast delivery (nobody will catch it on the border in Mexico), just grab it and walk across to Manhattan and blow it up on Times Square or the NYSE.
  Sure, you can catch the guy. Can you catch all the thousands of guys? If they do it organized by the cartels? Ukrainian SF could infiltrate the back country of Russia and blow up vital train lines along with a train full of military supplies. Would someone who kinda looks Mexican not blend in in the US?
  They only need to succeed once for thousands to die. What would the US do with a violent 9/11 every week? How long until it went over to Endlösung-ing everyone who looks Spanish? What if those people start shooting back instead of being quietly led away?
- If he gets back in, why not end the world before his second term is up? He can't get re-elected so no need to show the level-headedness, restraint and tact he's known for.
  Invade Mexico, get bogged down in a forever war with more convenient flights home while on leave. Tell the world that now we're cool with kicking down your neighbor's door to break their stuff. Russia Russias all over the internet about it because Ameri-Ukrainian bio-engineered super soldiers or something, the CCP invades Taiwan (everybody else is doing it, why can't we?), probably a bunch of other conflicts that won't hit the front page while the adults are squabbling. Iran steps up their attacks on the US while Russian and Chinese money and materiel flood into Mexico to support their defense. Red-hat chicken-hawks too old to get drafted eat it up, approval ratings outside the echo chamber take a nosedive. Now faced with the possibility of losing an unpopular war, Donnie can either accept it with grace or knock down all the sandcastles on the beach on the way out and be The Last President. Which do you think he'd choose?
  
  I am honestly terrified that if he gets in and finds out he's dying he'll decide to take the world with him.
  
  save your pitch for the publisher. (or do you think you can get a studio to buy it?)
If Trump gets elected, I unironically expect us to be at war with Mexico before the 2028 election. He is absolutely going to latch on to this idea like a fucking leech.
- That would infuriate his big money backers who rely on undocumented workers.
Oh, look, it's the Cancerous Parasites Assaulting Civilization.
I wonder if Mexico will develop any new beer styles as a result of this.
Told you.
Hmm... where have I heard this before? 🤔
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon0907/7.htm
He wants to make the greentext come true

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