If the President (not Bush, just any president) had just asked Congress to vote for funding for military action against Colobian drug cartels, Would you support it? Why or why not?
2007-02-08 02:57:15 · 19 answers · asked by Lucy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
IF YOU TAKE OUT THE COLUMBIAN, THE BOLIVIANS WILL TAKE OVER. IF YOU STOP THEM ANOTHER GROUP WILL DO IT. IF THEIR IS A DEMAND THEIR WILL BE A SUPPLY. YOU HAVE TO CUT THE DEMAND IN ORDER TO STOP THE FLOW.
2007-02-08 03:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't happen, by law the U.S. military can not be used as a police force. Drugs are a legal issue not a military one, however if the law were to be changed I would support it IF the Colombian government supported or requested the action. Before anyone asks I also support the war in Iraq, the Iraqi government didn't ask but it was them we were going after.
2007-02-08 11:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Centurion529 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because our military should be engaged, at the moment, in protecting our country. You may have forgotten this, but five and a half years ago, some monster (who is still running around free) killed nearly 3,000 of your fellow countrymen. We have not punished this monster. We have not found him, we have not put him on trial - in fact, he is enjoying his life the same way he was six years ago, secure in the knowledge that the United States will not capture him.
So forgive me if I don't think sending the U.S. military after drug lords is really the best possible use of our resources at the moment.
2007-02-08 11:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
The Colombian drug cartels declared war on our streets along time ago. It's time to send a few hundred Rangers and SEALs to show them what real professionals can do to them. Not as trainers or consultants, but fully equipped combat units. And no holds barred. Grant our soldiers permission to do whatever it takes, with no political interference and total immunity from prosecution from lib courts here in the US.
2007-02-08 11:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by boonietech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Regan did this and I supported him then. I would support future presidents as well. Drugs are a drain on our society, they have direct relations to crime and domestic discourse. Drug addiction is why a lot of homeless are that way, most thefts are to support drug habbits.
I think most of our opperations should be special ops types gathering intellegence and turning it over to local authority, but we have to be proactive in keeping drugs off our streets.
2007-02-08 11:11:57 · answer #5 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, we need to cut it off at the source. rounding up the street dealers and junkies aren't doing any good. But not just for action agains cartels. I want to know what is going to happen to them and anyother drug dealers when they are captured. Capturing doesn't do any good if they just resign to the next in command.
2007-02-08 11:07:43 · answer #6 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main question would concern the involvement of the Colombian government. Are they asking for the U.S. to intervene on their behalf regarding the cartels? If they are, then what steps can be taken prior to military involvement.
If the Colombian government states that the U.S. has no right to get involved within Colombian domestic affairs, then we should respect their right to sovereignty.
2007-02-08 11:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by taa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm all for it. Not just Colombian but the Afghan poppies. I say cross all borders. Swell the rivers with their dead.
Contrary to popular believe, the world has many people who need to die. No good can ever come with some people being alive. It is the duty of a good person to eliminate this threat to our peace.
2007-02-08 11:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by Tropical Weasel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the "War on drugs" doesn't work.. if you stop one drug a user will find another (meth instead of cocaine these days) and there will always be ample drugs.. they will find a way to get the high they are addicted to.. our money would be much better spent and we would save more lives by funding educational and rehabilitation wars against drugs.
2007-02-08 11:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a very complicated matter. What I can say for sure, is that those assholes in the White House should be reminded that one should clean his own mess. In other words, they should first have a military action against drug & sex slave trafficers in Kosovo.
2007-02-08 11:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
15-20 years ago yes. It should have been done then. Now is not the time. We have too much on our plates as it is, with everything in the middle east.
2007-02-08 11:09:29 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋