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Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

International law? And, also, just "law".

One of the better developments of last few decades is that national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject to violent change. That's due to territory simply losing importance: raw materials are insignificant, economically, compared to the fruits of intellectual labor. Borders have also become much more porous: the conflict in Northern Ireland, for example, lost much of its significance when it became commonplace to commute across the border every day.

Then, a once-mighty nation took the lead in establishing what's called the "rule-based international order": You may conquer some territory with your oh-so-mighty territory. But whatcha gonna do with it when nobody is going to reconise it and you can't sell anything produced there in international markets?

There's been enough regression in these efforts in recent years. No matter how grating it may be to see criminals getting away, it comes nowhere close to being significant enough to go back to might-is-right.

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

International law? And, also, just "law". One of the better developments of last few decades is that national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject to violent change. That's due to territory simply losing importance: raw materials are insignificant, economically, compared to the fruits of intellectual labor. Borders have also become much more porous: the conflict in Northern Ireland, for example, lost muc…

Petty concepts that have never stopped the US Government before. /s

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

The US government can't secure its own prisons where it has full control, what make you believe it would do better in a Mexican city?

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

What makes you think the US government has any motivation to do anything like this?
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