The leading Republican candidates for president want to unleash military strikes inside Mexico against the cartels — with or without Mexico’s permission — and have not voiced concern about the likely blowback. Donald Trump has promised a naval blockade in a second term. At the debate he skipped last week, rivals promised to counter the border “invasion” with assets shifted from Ukraine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to send special forces into Mexico “on day one.”
Some people grew up reading way too much Tom Clancy but some of us have an easier time telling military fantasy from reality. What’s next? Sending the Swiss Guard to secure Israel/Palestine (yes, TC suggested this in a book).