Last week, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is “embroiled in a debate over whether to carry out military strikes against Mexican drug cartels.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w... - ThreadSky

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winwithoutwar.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Last week, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is “embroiled in a debate over whether to carry out military strikes against Mexican drug cartels.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/americas/mexico-trump-cartels-washington.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.6r6G.kd2snr88t-IX&smid=url-share

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winwithoutwar.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bombing Mexico sounds like a pretty outrageous idea, so our team at the @winwithoutwar.bsky.social Education Fund brought together a group of experts from the US and Mexico, including former officials and academics, to run a tabletop exercise to find out just how bad it could be.

winwithoutwar.bsky.social•2 days ago

The answer? Extremely bad. Experts found that U.S. drone strikes in Mexico would harm people on both sides of the border, sparking growing violence, raising prices, killing jobs, and upending vital cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

winwithoutwar.bsky.social•2 days ago

In fact, the one thing experts agreed strikes would not durably affect is the amount of fentanyl being sold in the U.S. and wreaking havoc on our communities. As drug policy, military strikes in Mexico would likely be a total failure.

winwithoutwar.bsky.social•2 days ago

Watch this space for a forthcoming report detailing all the lessons learned from the exercise. In the meantime, as ever, be very skeptical about claims that we can solve our problems in the U.S. through bombing.

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