Declaration of war on drug lords..

[AKKuya]

Who's more foolish?  The fool or the fool who follows him.

[icepac]

I didn't realize cornholio grew up into a powerful senator.

[Dadtallica]

The worst physically addictive drugs in America are tobacco, alcohol and table sugar.

In 2022 numbers fentanyl killed  73,654 in the US.
Combined alcohol + tobacco + sugar-linked deaths: ~683,000 per year.




I think we need a War on the Standard American Diet.

+Eternity

[Dadtallica]

I prefer this use of my tax money. I do not want it wasted on folks who choose to take illegal drugs and then expect me to save them from themselves.
Make better choices.

What an incredibly stupid thing to say. You have no idea what someone in the throes of addiction might be experiencing. Addiction or a sickness and clinical at that. What a sad way to view the world.

[AKIron]

No one forces anyone to use illegal drugs. Addiction to illegal drugs was/is a choice.

[AKIron]

Taking responsibility for your actions is freedom. If you didn't choose to become addicted to illegal drugs how can you choose to end the addiction?

[Dadtallica]

That is just plain ignorant.

Science disagrees but none of you care about science unless it’s calculating dot dars.

[AKIron]

Amuses me when people invoke "science" without ever stating any facts.

[AKKuya]

No one forces anyone to use illegal drugs. Addiction to illegal drugs was/is a choice.

Children are forced into this by adults.  African warlords, drug cartels, human traffickers, and other assorted corrupt adults implement drug use to control and brainwash innocent children.  Then, they give them guns after drinking alcohol.  Child soldiers.   

[RUSH1]

Children are forced into this by adults.  African warlords, drug cartels, human traffickers, and other assorted corrupt adults implement drug use to control and brainwash innocent children.  Then, they give them guns after drinking alcohol.  Child soldiers.

I believe we were discussing Americans. 

[AKIron]

I believe we were discussing Americans.

I was. The point of this thread is our action against the cartels.

For the sake of argument let's assume an addicted person no longer has free will and cannot chose to stop using. I don't agree with that but... should we not stop those who would enslave ours at any cost?

[CptTrips]

I was. The point of this thread is our action against the cartels.

For the sake of argument let's assume an addicted person no longer has free will and cannot chose to stop using. I don't agree with that but... should we not stop those who would enslave ours at any cost?

Possibly.

How about a Congressional Declaration of War?

[AKIron]

Possibly.

How about a Congressional Declaration of War?

I'll settle for a Congressional budget.

[CptTrips]

I'll settle for a Congressional budget.

If we're going to blow up boats on the ocean (which I'm not against depending who they are), then I think the Declaration of War would have a little bit higher priority.

But yeah do the budget too.

And start clawing back powers that have been surrendered to the imperial presidency over the decades.  That is NOT what the founders intended.

[Edit]
I'd also settle for a just resolution to authorize force for the President.  The point needs to be made that Congress decides when America goes to war as the founders intended.  It establishes the principal that the President can wage war only because of the consent of the people elected representatives. But any such authorization should include tight constraints and periodic report back to Congress on progress regularly.  The authorization should be set to auto-expire in 90 days unless re-authorized by an additional vote.

If you want more free-range to act than that?  Get a Declaration of War.

[Eagler]

I can see these activities possibly inspiring terrorism from the cartels...

Smarter thinking would have them just wait it out as it won't be policy for long..I give it to 2028 at the longest..

Eagler