Do you think the cartels have never kidnapped an american citizen or killed DEA agents?
They also don't obtain and launch thousands of rockets at US cities, or go on 3,000-men raid of US cities by the border for the main objective of killing, hurting, kidnapping and instilling fear into US citizens.
The comparison of cartels to terrorist militias like Hamas is ridiculous and reveals ignorance.
I'm afraid your comments in this thread are crossing out of that and back in to the spirit of battle. This is 100% understandable and I get it, but we need something else in this discussion.
The same goes for some of the commenters arguing against your position—my moderation point here is certainly not about agreeing with them and disagreeing with you (I add this because I know it can all too easily feel that way).
Of course the cartels don't do that, though, because their goal isn't to murder Americans and destroy America.
https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2023/07/07/cooperation-be...