I don't know who would win because the cartels are way better funded, equiped and trained; but they are way less psychotic and bloodthirsty than the yanks

In any case, nobody wants their employees fighting each other so HR is gonna cool down the situation

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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think it would be simple to convince soldiers to inavde Mexico. Sure, orders are orders, but it would be met with resistance. Unless, of course, some cartel members blew up a building in Houston. Then the sabers would rattle to the rhythm of the drums of war.

Of course that would beg the question, "If borders so secure, how did bombs?"

To which they'd reply, "Cartel sympathist! We was attacked! Stupid socialist, go live in Mexico if you love it so much! They hate our freedoms! Alamo!"

Lockheed and Boeing salivate as they fund both sides of an intense border skirmish, full of clashes and conflict, but never a war.

Support would quickly wane until there's some citations missing from a New York Times report about yellow cake uranium or some kind of ray gun that makes people allergic to burgers, being developed only 100 miles south of San Antonio?!?

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think it would be simple to convince soldiers to inavde Mexico.

The United States invaded Mexico in 1916, with 10,000 troops led by John J. Pershing, and also intervened in the Mexican Revolution using war ships. It happened before, it can happen again. The only reason the USA did not coup Cardenas when he nationalized Mexico's oil industry and created Pemex in 1938 is because FDR needed Mexico's help in the lead-up to WWII - Trump has absolutely no mercy for Shinebaum or Morena in general.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

I apologize if I may have unintentionally mislead you. I made no attempt to say it couldn't happen again. On the contrary, I was simply using comedy to allude to a possible false flag attack in order to justify an invasion.

The part you quoted was there to misdirect the reader to set up for the great merriment laid out later in the comment.

In all seriousness, massive layoffs and the destruction of the little social safety nets are going to funnel many desperate people into one of the few benefits-rich institutions in America: The Military.

[–] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idk, I feel like it's easier to convince the troops to invade Mexico than it is to invade some country in the Middle East.
There are plenty of racist nationalist chuds in America itself let alone the military.
I feel like a lot of conservative types see it as using the military to deal with an "actual" problem that effects the US border, it's soverngty and it's citizens.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

While I'm sure garden variety racism will do the heavy lifting at first, the soldiers and those back home will need more to believe in once the flights back start to fill with bodies.