{"id":147279,"date":"2023-09-15T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=147279"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:21:10","slug":"many-americans-support-military-strikes-in-mexico-but-only-with-mexicos-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=147279","title":{"rendered":"Many Americans support military strikes in Mexico, but only with Mexico&#8217;s approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bone_1-e1527695485470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bone_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Reuters\/Ipsos poll showed that 52% support sending the US military to fight drug cartels. The strongest support for this action came from the Republicans. However, 59% of the respondents opposed unilateral action. Mexico&#8217;s approval is needed. The United States is seeing an increase of deaths related to overdose. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control showed that in 2022 alone, almost 80,000 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From Reuters:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the United States experiencing a dramatic rise in overdose deaths related to the synthetic opioid fentanyl, tamping down the flow of narcotics from Mexico has become a major theme among Republicans. Almost 80,000 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, with fentanyl being the primary culprit.<\/p>\n<p>According to the seven-day Reuters\/Ipsos poll, which closed on Thursday, 52% of respondents said they supported &#8220;sending U.S. military personnel to Mexico to fight against drug cartels,&#8221; while 26% were opposed and the remainder were unsure. Republicans were supportive by a 64% to 28% margin; Democrats were narrowly opposed, 47% to 44%.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the United States should do so without the permission of the Mexican government, however, the numbers changed dramatically. Some 59% of poll respondents opposed unilateral action, while 29% were supportive. Fifty-one percent of Republicans opposed unilateral action, compared to 40% who supported it.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Sullivan, who managed Republican Senator Marco Rubio&#8217;s unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, said Americans were likely open to sending the military to Mexico because the fentanyl overdose epidemic is affecting many communities across the country. Topics such as the Ukraine war do not have the same impact on Americans&#8217; daily lives, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a policy video released earlier this year, former President Donald Trump said he would direct the Department of Defense &#8220;to make appropriate use of special forces, cyber warfare, and other overt and covert actions to inflict maximum damager on cartel leadership, infrastructure and operations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reuters has additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americans-broadly-support-military-strikes-mexico-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2023-09-14\/\">information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Reuters\/Ipsos poll showed that 52% support sending the US military to fight drug cartels. 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