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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?

The US has spent money trying to train police in other countries. Unfortunately, the main motivation has been stopping the drug trade, so most of that training has been militaristic.

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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?

You saw how that worked in Iraq. The US can't even provide security without murdering bystanders in its own cities.

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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?

You're fighting cancer. Sure, the US can break all laws and go do a 100% clean sweep of that city, but the area around it will still be contaminated. US will have to leave eventually and this will open the door to new criminals who will simply see it as "free real estate."

If people themselves (the immune system, if you wish) don't make an effort like this woman did, no intervention will help them, Earthly or Divine alike.

At best the US can bunker up and make an effort to contain them.

Close to a trillion have been spent on Afghanistan for almost a decade. That much effort was needed to throw off an easily identifiable terrorist state. How will Afghanistan last until it collapses again? Because it's only a matter of time.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

LOL !

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?

The US does do better, empirically. I am certainly not endorsing GP’s position, but your false equivalence is a distraction.

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What can I do as an individual to see less of this stuff happen?

Lobby your local gov rep to legalise drug trade. It's main source of funding for these groups and allows them to buy influence. Without that stream of money it will be much harder to corrupt police and politicians.

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?

If it ends then how cops will be making money on the side (e.g. declaring half of the actual drug bust and pocketing the rest or getting protection payments from gangs)
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