Tom Clancey wrote a best seller book ‘Clear and Present Danger’, about a US secret Special Operations campaign against drug lord’s in Columbia….
In the end?…. The shut down of the operation led to Spec Ops people left behind in country….
Move to the present…
With spratic violence occuring to American’s soutrh of the border , in Mexico?
Some lawmakers (Trump also) are /where suggesting that the American military be sent acroos the border to engage and wipe out the Mexican drug cartel operations…
The US military wants NO part of such a mission for diplomatic and other reasons….
The U.S. military should not lead American counter-drug efforts in Mexico, nor operate against cartels there without the express consent of the Mexican government, said Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley.
Republicans and conservative media pundits have seized on border security, often accusing the Biden administration of devoting insufficient attention and security forces to the issue. In recent Senate and House hearings about the president’s defense budget request, Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced multiple questions from Republicans asking about the possibility of U.S. military intervention or for some greater role for troops in stopping the inbound flow of drugs, including fentanyl, and people.
President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, has asked for “battle plans” to invade Mexico to “conduct specific military operations to destroy the cartels”, Rolling Stone reported this week. The article cited an internal Trump policy paper that says Mexico should be enlisted to help the U.S. with any counter-drug efforts, but says, “It is vital that Mexico not be led to believe that they have veto power to prevent the US from taking the actions necessary to secure its borders and people.”
On Friday, Milley responded. “I wouldn’t recommend anything be done without Mexico’s support,” and with an express request from the Mexican government, the chairman said in an exclusive interview at the Pentagon with Defense One.
Milley, who has experience training Columbia’s forces, said he believes that training foreign military and local police is still the best option…