Trump Directs Pentagon to use Military Force against Cartels: Report

Saturday, August 09, 2025

Trump has reportedly signed a directive for the Pentagon to start using military force against certain drug cartels that have been designated foreign terrorist organizations.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 04:30 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

Donald Trump secretly directed the Pentagon to use military force against drug cartels - just like the movie, "Clear and Present Danger." Ali Velshi adds, "the plan to send American soldiers after the cartels was a bad idea in the movie and it's a bad idea in the real world." youtu.be/63ND593iA7w

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"Mexico's President Says U.S. Forces Are Unwelcome in Her Country"
www.nytimes.com

"Pobre Mxico, tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de Estados Unidos"
Attributed to Porfirio Diaz

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-08 01:30 PM

"military force against certain drug cartels"

The EPSTEIN files scare Donald Trump to death.

He wants to distract from them by having Americans die and the United States get involved in one or more wars.

He (Peace President Trump) has already tried this once. It didn't work.

He's decided that he needs fresh blood, pun intended.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-08 03:23 PM

The fundamental problem is US domestic demand, aided and abetted up and down the line by corruption on both sides of the border.
Staging a snatch operation in Cabo ain't gonna solve that.
Now, back to what this is really all about ...

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#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-08 04:41 PM

From what has been reported in the popular press some of those cartel guys are pretty well armed, thanks in part to the lax gun laws in the US. Granted, the US armed forces have air power on their side, but the locals know the land. As we have seen, air power is negated in urban environments so the US forces could find themselves in action similar to that in Iraq, probably with similar results.

Of course, the larger issue is the threatened invasion of a sovereign nation for what is a police action. Nobel Prize? Not with US army and Marines coming home in boxes. 2026 elections look dicier because of this. What GOP MAGA functionary wants to face voters whose sons have died in some Mexican town where Americans partied a few months before?

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-08-09 05:19 PM

What a novel way to get the attention of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. And the Mexican cartels have been effectively using lethal FPV drones: drudge.com

I guess Trumpf's absorption of Canada and Greenland into the US are off the table for now.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-09 05:24 PM

MadBomber, what are your orders?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-09 07:46 PM

This could be exciting :)

Asymmetric warfare with a foe with a nearly unlimited budget and lots and lots of US LEO who are already compromised.

hahahaaha :)

#7 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-08-09 08:39 PM

Around the clock saturation bombing and low level strafing.

#8 | Posted by willowby at 2025-08-09 08:41 PM

Around the clock saturation bombing and low level strafing.

So, declare war on Mexico?

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-09 08:42 PM

Around the clock saturation bombing and low level strafing.

#8 | Posted by willowby

lol

hahahahahaha

car bombs, mass shootings, maybe even a dirty bomb or three for your enjoyment.

The cartels will have no problem killing your loved ones en-mass if pushed to it.

So dumb, you are.

#10 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-08-09 08:55 PM

I think you should unilaterally enforce your will on the cartels and while doing so kill a bunch of innocents as collateral damage.

Yep, that'll show them!

#11 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-08-09 09:00 PM

lol
hahahahahaha
car bombs, mass shootings, maybe even a dirty bomb or three for your enjoyment.
The cartels will have no problem killing your loved ones en-mass if pushed to it.
So dumb, you are.
Posted by billy_boy at 2025-08-09 08:55 PM | Reply

That's exactly what The Sheriff Of Bagdad says as well. It's a very stupid idea.

#12 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-08-09 09:04 PM

I think you should unilaterally enforce your will on the cartels and while doing so kill a bunch of innocents as collateral damage.

Yep, that'll show them!

#11 | Posted by fresno500

Sounds like an excellent recruitment tool for the cartels, who will suddenly become the revolutionaries opposing the imperialists from the north.

Stop me if you've heard this story before :)

hahahahahaha!

#13 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-08-09 09:06 PM

@#7 ... Asymmetric warfare with a foe with a nearly unlimited budget and lots and lots of US LEO who are already compromised. ...

If the US law enforcement is going after those who break US laws, I am 100% in favor of that.

But, as the Trump admin has shown in the past, it seems to be quite careless regarding those it determines have broken laws.

For example, using tattoos, apparently most any tattoo. Stated differently, if your skin is non-white and you have tattoos, then you are a gang member to be deported.

So, give up on that asymmetric warfare BS, and just look at the actual happenings.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-09 09:34 PM

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