How Would the US Military Attack the Mexican Drug Cartels?

About this video

Max presents a hypothetical scenario analyzing how the U.S. military could conduct operations against Mexican drug cartels. He contrasts this with the successful Colombia Plan from the 1990s, discusses the challenges posed by cartel wealth and corruption in Mexico, and outlines potential military strategies including intelligence gathering, targeted strikes, and special operations. Max emphasizes this is speculative analysis of options if Mexico fails to address cartel power on its own.

Key takeaways

• Max argues that U.S. lawmakers have proposed authorization for military force against cartels, partly in response to American deaths in Mexico, though he notes this would strain the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship worth over $680 billion annually.
• Max recounts that the U.S. military successfully supported Colombia against drug cartels in the 1990s, resulting in a 72% reduction in cocaine production by 2012, but he argues Mexico has not shown the same political will to confront cartels.
• Max outlines that a hypothetical U.S. military operation would likely involve extensive ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) assets, high-value target strikes by special operations forces, and continuous ‘mowing the lawn’ operations to repeatedly eliminate cartel leadership as it regenerates.

Episode details: published July 23, 2023 · 84.1K views · 19:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The analysis and commentary described are Max Afterburner’s, attributed to him — his channel includes hypothetical-scenario and news-react content, which is presented as his analysis, not established fact.

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