Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
Not be cool at all. Now if they put on Police Uniforms the people there might be ok with it.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
The point though was that people in one city are being murdered at a 50% rate of those killed in an active war zone.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
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Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
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Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
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I agree with you.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
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I agree with you. [/quote]
Cross boarder raids. This would take us back to the Texas Rangers going after Poncho Villa. Good times, Good times.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
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I agree with you. [/quote]
Cross boarder raids. This would take us back to the Texas Rangers going after Poncho Villa. Good times, Good times.
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LOL, I would actually like that…but in my first post I said chase the cartels on U.S. soil…I am sure there are many areas of the U.S. side of the border where they operate with impunity.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
[/quote]
I agree with you. [/quote]
Cross boarder raids. This would take us back to the Texas Rangers going after Poncho Villa. Good times, Good times.
[/quote]
LOL, I would actually like that…but in my first post I said chase the cartels on U.S. soil…I am sure there are many areas of the U.S. side of the border where they operate with impunity. [/quote]
I agree, but the Mexican Government might give us permission if we just dropped some bombs on the cartel’s houses.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
[/quote]
I agree with you. [/quote]
Cross boarder raids. This would take us back to the Texas Rangers going after Poncho Villa. Good times, Good times.
[/quote]
LOL, I would actually like that…but in my first post I said chase the cartels on U.S. soil…I am sure there are many areas of the U.S. side of the border where they operate with impunity. [/quote]
I agree, but the Mexican Government might give us permission if we just dropped some bombs on the cartel’s houses.
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Yea, it would be hard to keep a Mexican soldier on the right side when the cartel has all that money to throw at them…with the money those soldiers make, the cartel could buy them for pennies on the peso.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
[/quote]
Nah, it would just mean that the cartels would have to start bribing the army in addition to to the DEA and Border Patrol.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
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Nah, it would just mean that the cartels would have to start bribing the army in addition to to the DEA and Border Patrol. [/quote]
Perhaps…but it’s better than just giving up our Southern border.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Yes, because if U.S. Marines walked the streets of Baltimore everyone would be cool with that…[/quote]
I was more speaking of military units securing the border and engaging the drug cartels on U.S. soil.
Seems like a better use of manpower than Vietnam Part II.[/quote]
I’ve got no problem with redistributing military resources. I’m for reductions here and there as well. I just know the people will not be for soldiers patrolling the streets.
[/quote]
Agreed…but I think that securing the border and having the army go after the cartels, would put a real dent in drug violence.
Maybe/maybe not…only one way to tell.
[/quote]
Nah, it would just mean that the cartels would have to start bribing the army in addition to to the DEA and Border Patrol. [/quote]
Perhaps…but it’s better than just giving up our Southern border.
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The drug war is a monumental international 40yr failure. More so in the USA then anywhere. We have the most draconian sentencing laws of any country + our metro cops spend 70% of their time on drug busts and 40yrs later all we have to show for it is higher consumption & 25% of our population in prison or jail… On the international side we created a booming illegal economy for the cartels to rise. If you want to end the murders the only answer is decriminalize and put the money into rehab. More cops, more prisons, more walls = more of the same shit… People will always want to get high, laid & gamble… The drug war is just a way for politicians to gain voters and suporters
The Drug War, like the War on Terror, and indeed like all wars, will not be over until it stops being profitable for those who ostensibly fight it, and for those who finance it.
In other words, not for a long, long time.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
^ I thought I did.
Again, the point I am trying to make is this, “Business as Usual,” attitude is a bad one. People being killed is a bad thing. We may disagree on whether Zimmerman is guilt of murder or not, but we do not disagree that Trayvon’s death is unneccessary and tragic. No kid deserves to die whether he’s a straight A honor student that happens to be black or a white 16 year old drug dealer.
The hypocrisy is what gets me. Almost every day someone dies in Baltimore, but no one protests. A guy was stabbed to death on Sunday and the only place I saw it was the Baltimore Sun. Baltimore’s murder # is over 100 this year and it’s July.
We need to stop looking at these issues based on race and look at the problem itself. People killing other people. [/quote]
x2 Senseless violence needs to stop. There’s good and bad in every ethnic group.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
I stand correct in the people of Charm City are finally starting to raise their collective voice. This is a good thing!
That is totally cool, and I would walk with them if I could. Real men showing the young and reckless how its done!! I wish them well and success.