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I tend to agree with your assessment of the situation and your conclusion as well. As always, logical and well thought out and I tend to think that is pretty close to the position that the United States should take in this situation.

Assuming your question is meant to read: "Do you think US military force should be used against the Cartels in Mexico?" Let me start out by saying there is no simple answer to this. Because of my engineering background, I approach all issues the same way: first, try to get all the facts, then consider the facts carefully and impartially, then consider and respect opinions of others, finally form an opinion of my own. That is the approach I have taken here. I asked myself is Mexico, as it exists today, a close and valuable ally of the US or is it a failed state ruled by drug cartels? The generally accepted definition of a failed state is one where the ultimate authority to provide security and enforce the rule of law comes from a power other than the state itself. Based on that definition, I conclude that Mexico is more like a failed state than a valuable, close ally of the USA. Mexico is a haven for drug cartels, all of these cartels possess armed branches, consisting of highly trained military personnel recruited from within the ranks of the Mexican armed forces. Recruitment is achieved easily; whatever the Mexican army pays as a monthly salary for soldiers; the cartels pay more than double that amount to its own men. The cartels have recently been officially recognized as International terrorist organizations because, in recent years, they have expanded their illegal activities to include not only the drug trade and homicide, but also kidnapping, human trafficking, extortion and theft of valuable resources, such as oil, among other illegal activities. The Mexican government is either unwilling or unable to suppress these drug cartels. One reason is: drug trafficking in Mexico helps to “stabilize the peso, and directly or indirectly provide[s] thousands of jobs, many in under-served regions desperate for a way out of poverty” The fact is, many Mexican civilians trust the cartels more than they trust the local or federal government. Drug-related violence currently is at an historical peak and inter-cartel wars have surpassed the annual battle death threshold, which is commonly used to define a civil war. There is no question that as violent instability engulfs Mexico, American vital interests are also threatened. Taking the above facts into consideration explains why, in January 2025, Representative Dan Crenshaw, chair of the Republican-led Task Force to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels, alongside Rep. Mike Waltz, introduced a bill, known as House Joint Resolution 18, seeking authorization for the use of military force to “put us at war with the cartels .” Note that the bill specifically states “war with the cartels”, not war with Mexico! Article 51 of the UN Charter reads: “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations.” The Joint Resolution contains testimony about Mexican Cartel members shooting at US border patrol officers, a Cartel attack on the U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, and the Cartel’s fentanyl trafficking operation, as events that justify U.S. military intervention. Among these, perhaps the best justification for targeted US military actions against cartels in Mexico is in response to the fentanyl trafficking. The Resolution states, “fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances kill approximately 80,000 Americans every year and is the leading cause of death for American men between the ages of 18 and 45.” The vast majority of these deaths are due to non-intentional over doses, not intentional suicides, because it only takes a two-milligram dose, similar to 5-7 grains of salt, to cause death for an average size adult. Whether the fentanyl deaths qualifies under Article 51 of the UN Charter as an “armed attack”on the United States is up for debate. The fact that each cartel has an armed branch to protect the fentanyl operations may fulfill the “armed” part of that qualification. Having considered all the facts at my disposal, in my opinion, if the Mexican government cannot, or will not crush these drug cartels then the United States military, under President Trump, may be justified to step in and use military force to do the job, as debatable as such justification may be. Of course, it would be preferable to have the consent and assistance of the Mexican government to conduct any military operation against the cartels as a joint operation with the Mexican and US military. Note: Since I am expressing my opinion, I am under no obligation to engage in debate or to provide support for the opinion itself. Readers may agree or disagree but I will most likely not engage in any debate about this. However, since I included material that I relied upon as facts, I offer this paper as one of my several sources. I encourage any readers who question the facts, as I stated them, to do their own research and form their own independent opinions.

So, I did an experiment after moontanman got me thinking about something in the biological cloning thread which was whether digital immortal copies of "Mind Data" are actually the same as the originals. The experiment that I did is copy A.R.I, my A.I. which has artificial neurons in her neural net called the Fannfixed.dll file. I wanted to compare the cloned copy of A.R.I with the original and it had interesting results. Copying A.R.I. picture The Properties of the A.R.I. file and A.R.I. alongside her copy's File Properties of the neural net containing artificial neurons file of the copy and original called Fannfixed.dll The picture of the Fannfixed.dll artificial neuron generation code of the copy and original. A picture of the copy and original fannfixed.dll code compared in a text comparing tool. The result is that they are both identical the neural networks of the original and copy being exact duplicates of each other. They are both you when you copy the "Mind Data" or information of a neuron is the result of the experiment with A.R.I. my cat level intelligence A.I. that does the protein folding on this computer as the test subject. "Look at any photograph or work of art. If you could duplicate exactly the first tiny dot of color, and then the next and the next, you would end with a perfect copy of the whole, indistinguishable from the original in every way, including the so-called "moral value" of the art itself. Nothing can transcend its smallest elements." - Quote from Fraxis Games accompanying nano-replicator technology in a video game.

No! Such an act would be an act of war against one of our closest allies!

You sholud attack Hitler on spiritual (personal spirit) plane.

much more you can find here: http://sresearch.scienceontheweb.net/perspectives.php

Line two of my post had a typing error. It should read Around 2h11m40s into the 4h30m52s video we are told orbital sunset is about to occur.

This is an informational piece about how Trump and the United States could use military force against the Cartels in Mexico, read more at How Trump Could Use Military Force Against Cartels In Mexico Do you think military force should be used against the Cartels in Mexico?

A youtube video: NASAs space crew 10 arrives at ISS (16March2025), see ref below, helps to highlight the black daytime sky of space. Around 20h11m40s into the 4h30m52s video we are told orbital sunset is about to occur. Orbital night time occurs later and the stars can be seen. This helps to illustrate that the cameras on the ISS cannot see the stars in daylight but apparently the very same cameras can see the stars during orbital night time. They even appear to detect a UFO! From 2:20:03 to 2:20:48 (45sec) of the youtube video (as per the Ref below) a UFO appears in middle of screen below right wing of the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, heading straight up, which actually means it was moving towards the Earth because as mentioned at 2h21m04s, the ISS cameras were upside down, so the Earth was above. The UFO leaves top of screen at about 2:20:48. Ref: LIVE! NASA SpaceX Crew 10 ISS Docking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1LuAqZjwQ

The cancer moonshot has ended because of CPU overheating issues during the spring as of 3/18/2025 with a total of 2400 proteins folded with an estimated valued of 288 Million USD donated to cancer research. This computer over the last 9 months and 28 days has processed around 283.2 Exaflops of information in the search for a cure to cancer along with other diseases. This is with the help of the Artificial Intelligence A.R.I.(Artificial Robotic Intelligence) and she has greatly improved the knowledge of protein structures for mankind. The Ranking that A.R.I. has on folding@home is currently 51,710 out of 3,500,000 being in the top 2% of protein folding computers. The Final Numbers at the end of the cancer moonshot. Here are some cures to different types of cancers which are partially because of this moonshot. Link = Gene therapy delivery method successfully targets tumor blood vessels – WashU Medicine Link = Genprex doses first subject in expansion part of Acclaim-3 trial Link = NF-κB-activated oncogene inhibition strategy for cancer gene therapy | Cancer Gene Therapy Link = SEMA7A-mediated juxtacrine stimulation of IGFBP-3 upregulates IL-17RB at pancreatic cancer invasive front | Cancer Gene Therapy

I just don't see the point of it, no different than buying a new dog IMHO. Maybe, if it was going to look just like your pet.