Mexico’s president says ‘there will be no invasion … it’s absolutely off the table’ after news reports of order

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rejected the idea that the US might invade Mexico after news reports suggested Donald Trump had authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.

“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with their military,” she said during a daily news conference on Friday. “We cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion. It’s off the table, absolutely off the table.”

The Mexican president said her government had been informed of the executive order but insisted that “it had nothing to do with the participation of any military or any institution on our territory. There is no risk that they will invade our territory.”

  • Ofiuco@piefed.ca
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    Thank you, I know this is the cheeto creating distractions, but we (mexicans) would not stand a chance against the USA if they actually decided they wanted our territory.
    Our militia is a joke in comparison and the narcos (you know, the ones with better equipment, information and controlling the goverment) would hide, they would not fight at all.
    Also the goverment has been doing their best antagonising the citizens and taking our rights away so… It would be a hard pill to swallow for everyone and arming the people you’ve been harassing and abusing doesn’t sound like a great idea.

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      If the US invades Mexico it’ll overrun it within a day, no doubt. However, look at Afghanistan, Iraq. Look at how the US got beat every time. Now remember what cartels do with their enemies and imagine how many soldiers hanging from bridges it would take for the US to call it quits. Remember how many cartel soldiers there already are in the US. What do you think the Latino community will do once the US army starts the eventual murder of innocent Mexican citizens…

      The US invading México will end Mexico, it will also end the US

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        the US invading -anyone- who isn’t already seen as an enemy of the nation by the PEOPLE of the nation, will trigger an actual shooting civil war.

        and by that I mean, there aren’t very many countries that the majority of American people truly see as an enemy, so thats basically Russia, Iran, North Korea, to some extent China. and a bunch of countries from the middle east , central america and southeast asia who have varying histories of things vaguely “islamist, terrorist, or communist”

        Mexico, and Literal Allies like Canada and other NATO countries, are not on that list. starting a war with someone not on that list, will be a signal to everyone in America who isn’t a brown nosing collaborator, that their own government is rogue and has to be toppled.

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        It’s a bad comparison because México isn’t all the way crossing an ocean, we are right here, keeping supplies and machines going would be extremely easier.
        Cartels are NOT revolutionaries, they are opportunistic assholes, they attack and control places where nobody can fight back, they would be the first ones to flee/hide and would only come back after the conflict was over to try and keep their business going in one way or another.

        What do you think the Latino community will do once the US army starts the eventual murder of innocent Mexican citizens…

        I see 2 options… people keep trying to fight back until either they kills us all or enslave everyone due to broken morale, or enough people betray us wishing to be one of them (I can see the militia and goverment being the first ones to betray all of us) and it’s over in no time.

        The US invading México will end Mexico, it will also end the US

        I have no idea what fantasy you have about México but that’s not it.
        If the USA gets serious (like using anything remote like drones and missiles), it’s over for us, we have nothing; if it’s just posturing and they decide they want to toy with us by sending people to die and kill us slowly… then maybe, but again, they could end it in no time.

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          they’re not talking about mexico or the cartels militarily defeating or resisting america, they’re talking about america, thats a tinderbox that people feel is teetering on civil war for a long time now, will tear itself apart if a regime like MAGA starts shooting wars with its own neighbors.

          the American people may have a deep distaste of the cartels, and want them dead, but they dont want Mexico attacked and blown up like they want for Iran, North Korea, China… and for a while until the gangsters came to power, Russia. There’s no appetite for war. and opposition to Trump / Fascists know that war is a permanent seizure of power.

          enough people saw what happened in Star Wars. people may be vapid and consumed by pop culture, but they’re not totally stupid