Should NATO Go After Drug Cartels?

[debbiedowner]

Nathan Koen, DEA agent, charged with facilitating drug shipments

 

[harmonica]

....the US military cannot change the culture of other countries without a total war destruction followed by reconstruction
A.the US military would be at a disadvantage just like the soldiers who died in Niger/Vietnam/etc
..1. they don't know who the good guys and bad guys are
..2. do not know the territory
..3. the military is trained to kill/destroy in ''mass quantities'' using ''mass quantity''--not police work
... if you send in spec ops, they might be outgunned/out manned

SOC units could be the eyes and ears on the ground for a precision air strike.

didn't work in Vietnam
didn't work in Somalia
we are still in Afghanistan--not working
etc
most of the time [ 99.99% ] air strikes do not win wars
you still have civilian and friendly fire casualties with air strikes

what will these air strikes hit? accomplish?

Wow the majority of you comments are completely full of shit.

we WON in Vietnam???!!!!! hahahah
we WON in Somalia??!!!!
that's news to me

The US military was destroying entire Divisions of North Vietnamese, public opinion lost that war and Bill Clinton shit his britches and pulled troops out of Somalia.

AND France LOST also!!!!!!!!

!!!!
again, NV did not have to WIN!!
France lost!!
what will it take?
a frying pan to the head???

 

[Pilot1]

We (U.S.) did it to the British! All insurgents have to do is make it too expensive for a colonial power, or "super power" to stay in country. That may be with loss of life, expenditure of money, or like in Vietnam, politically unpopular back home.

Thanks efffing Walter Cronkite! Freakin Commie.

 

[harmonica]

....the US military cannot change the culture of other countries without a total war destruction followed by reconstruction
A.the US military would be at a disadvantage just like the soldiers who died in Niger/Vietnam/etc
..1. they don't know who the good guys and bad guys are
..2. do not know the territory
..3. the military is trained to kill/destroy in ''mass quantities'' using ''mass quantity''--not police work
... if you send in spec ops, they might be outgunned/out manned

SOC units could be the eyes and ears on the ground for a precision air strike.

didn't work in Vietnam
didn't work in Somalia
we are still in Afghanistan--not working
etc
most of the time [ 99.99% ] air strikes do not win wars
you still have civilian and friendly fire casualties with air strikes

what will these air strikes hit? accomplish?

Wow the majority of you comments are completely full of shit.

and I provide links/proof and you provide.....................shit
hahahhahaha
the US military is not going to make a big dent in a war on drugs
I see you did not answer the question--what will these airstrikes accomplish?
you obviously have no in depth knowledge on military/wars/conflicts/etc

Airstrikes against leaders of Cartels and manufacturing facilities you fucking loon we can basically drop entire buildings now with almost no collateral damage. If there is tough shit don't live next to drug dealers.

drop entire buildings???!!!!! no collateral damage???!!!

ok

 

[harmonica]

....the US military cannot change the culture of other countries without a total war destruction followed by reconstruction
A.the US military would be at a disadvantage just like the soldiers who died in Niger/Vietnam/etc
..1. they don't know who the good guys and bad guys are
..2. do not know the territory
..3. the military is trained to kill/destroy in ''mass quantities'' using ''mass quantity''--not police work
... if you send in spec ops, they might be outgunned/out manned

SOC units could be the eyes and ears on the ground for a precision air strike.

didn't work in Vietnam
didn't work in Somalia
we are still in Afghanistan--not working
etc
most of the time [ 99.99% ] air strikes do not win wars
you still have civilian and friendly fire casualties with air strikes

what will these air strikes hit? accomplish?

Wow the majority of you comments are completely full of shit.

and I provide links/proof and you provide.....................shit
hahahhahaha
the US military is not going to make a big dent in a war on drugs
I see you did not answer the question--what will these airstrikes accomplish?
you obviously have no in depth knowledge on military/wars/conflicts/etc

Airstrikes against leaders of Cartels and manufacturing facilities you fucking loon we can basically drop entire buildings now with almost no collateral damage. If there is tough shit don't live next to drug dealers.

I just linked example of collateral damage/etc with ''smart''weapons

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

We (U.S.) did it to the British! All insurgents have to do is make it too expensive for a colonial power, or "super power" to stay in country. That may be with loss of life, expenditure of money, or like in Vietnam, politically unpopular back home.

Thanks efffing Walter Cronkite! Freakin Commie.

Less than 3,000 people died on 911, and we're still in the middle-east. Last year, 70,000 Americans died from overdoses, and we're not doing a thing about it. We can't even get a wall built.

 

[danielpalos]

We (U.S.) did it to the British! All insurgents have to do is make it too expensive for a colonial power, or "super power" to stay in country. That may be with loss of life, expenditure of money, or like in Vietnam, politically unpopular back home.

Thanks efffing Walter Cronkite! Freakin Commie.

Less than 3,000 people died on 911, and we're still in the middle-east. Last year, 70,000 Americans died from overdoses, and we're not doing a thing about it. We can't even get a wall built.

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