>>63353998there's also the huge factor that killing cartels in another country is easy.
if the military is used to attack the citizenry there's a huge danger of desertion or civil war.
you can't just expect everyone to follow orders in a situation like that.
cartels are easy moral targets, not americans and an actual danger to the American people for once.
soldiers should have the highest motivation in a long time to fight them compared to the middle east.