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Originally Posted by Skirmisher
I wonder what actual combat units might be sent to mexico eventually?
And when? how long should they wait,it's pretty bad right now.
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Well, there are many parallels to the drug war in Columbia and the one in Mexico but the main differance is that Columbia had a government that wanted to be stable, willing to confront corruption at all levels and had the the overt, and sometimes covert assistance of the US government. Columbia also had the stamina to go the long haul, facing a decades-long war not only form the communists but from the cartels.
Mexico on the other hand has no such assistance that we know of and the government itself is so utterly corrupt that any official must be regarded as untrustworthy. The only truly clean law enforcement branch is their equivalent to the FBI. Mexico does not have the legs so to speak to fight this sort of war due to rampant corruption and an inadequate police infrastructure. All those billions in remittances and Mexico still can't finish off the rebels in Chiapas let alone defeat the cartels.
Militarily the scope of operations would be very much like a COIN operation with a dependance on small semi-independant units with the will to do the dirty work that COIN frequently entails and I am certain that our new administration doesn't have them.
There would be a place for heavy maneuver units and for Stryker brigades but only if the intelligence is that good. The history of our neighbour to the south is a very sad one and my sympathy as always lies with the people.
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