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...with Mexico.

The starkest example involves repeated calls by Republican presidential candidates to bomb Mexico or unilaterally send troops there to stop the illegal drug trade, which would be an act of war.

Trump led the way: He asked defense officials about striking Mexico with missiles while he was president, and during the 2024 presidential campaign he has supported military action. Ron DeSantis has called for using deadly force and a naval blockade of Mexican ports to stop drug traffickers. More moderate candidates, like Tim Scott and Nikki Haley, have also backed using the military against drug cartels in Mexico.

reason.com - The republican primary consensus for sending the military into mexico

I spoke to half a dozen drug policy and counterterrorism experts across the political spectrum. All of them criticized the approach as extreme, ineffective and self-destructive. 'In 35 years, this takes the prize as the stupidest idea I have ever heard,' said Jonathan Caulkins at Carnegie Mellon University.

Well, yeah, stupid is what the Republican Party does. Anything that fires up the low info base.

I suspect very few Republican politicians really think this is a good idea, but they do know how to manipulate the cult.

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