1mo ago

'International incident': 'Terrifying standoff' as US troops mistakenly invade Mexico

www.rawstory.com 'International incident': 'Terrifying standoff' as US troops mistakenly invade Mexico

American troops "pulled up on a Mexican beach" and created a "terrifying standoff," according to a new report.According to at least one news report, "American troops pulled up on a Mexican beach in a dramatic escalation of tensions after Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country.""US 'contractors'...

from daily mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15310923/US-troops-Mexican-beach-invasion-fentanyl.html

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This was no mistake. It was a test.
- They also said unauthorized access or photography was not allowed in that area and that 'if you are found here, you may be detained and searched.' Mexico's foreign affairs ministry said its navy removed the signs from the sand, which it believed were on Mexican territory."
  That's the result they wanted.
  It's Mexico, clear as day, but Mexico just waffled on it and said they "believed" it was Mexico.
  They'll take a page out of Israel's playbook and start saying "until we figure this out, it's a buffer zone". Then just keep expanding it and not obstructing Americans from "settling" there, once they're established, then it's obviously America because why else would Americans be living there?
  
  You might be reading too much into that. The article stated Mexico's naval personnel removed them as the personnel acted on the information they had. I would highly doubt they were going to go to great lengths to confirm the exact coordinates of the boarder.
  Do I think that's what the Americans were trying to do? Yes. But Mexico didn't waffle it.
- Like how Russia tested Ukraine?
  
  Like how Russia is testing the rest of the EU right now.
  
  👃

How the foxtrot do you accidentally invade Mexico? What they mean is they committed another act of abuse and then said they didn't mean it
- Militaries accidentally invade each other all the time.
  Usually, they back right out and let the other country know, they don't use boats to get around visible border controls and plant a sign in other country though.
- The article claims that changes in water lines resulted in altered perceptions of the border line. As if international borders are hallucinogenic in some way? IDK
  
  Sorry to tell you, but international borders absolutely are hallucinations. Grant you, not hallucinogenic, but they’re absolutely flights of fancy.
  
  It's well known that changes in water lines make GPS completely inoperable. This could happen to any wealthy and powerful nation's military.
- Narcissist prayer all day, every day.
  
  I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!
- Consider we're just not that bright?
- "¡Solo fue una broma, hermano!"

That's about 20 miles south of the border. And the only reason to approach by boat would be because you couldn't do it from land, because you'd be stopped.
- In this day and age of GPS, there's no excuse for them to be in another FREAKIN COUNTRY. Just complete morons.
  
  They are morons for following illegal orders. Modern GPS can practically tell when you leaned over to fart, we cannot assume this was accidental.

"mistakenly" wink wink
Not an honest mistake, not under this regime

Oh, turns out that wall isn’t very effective after all huh?

How the fuck did they not get arrested?
- Shoot them in the fucking face next time
  
  Generally unwise to escalate on stupidity. Don’t give the US any more reasons to double down on war.
- Probably by having lots of guns and Mexico not wanting to start the Second Mexican-American war.
- Trump's deal with the devil for immunity from all consequences

Mexico should have arrested all those illegal aliens and then deported them to North Korea.

LOOK AT THIS CRISIS I CREATED TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY

Bah. I accidentally invaded America during Basic training. The other side of that long swathe of clearing was cooler, so we walked there.
Wow, did we get in trouble when we all found out we actually invaded.
- Did you hammer signs into the ground claiming that territory for your country? Had your country recently made military threats against American sovereignty, and had your country's military recently killed 76 citizens of a country near America in extrajudicial slayings while claiming that they were doing the same things you're threatening America over?
  It's hardly a similar situation to that right now. Tensions are high, America is a serious threat.
  
  Mexico and Venezuela are approximately one Mexico away from each other. They aren't really that near to one another. The rest of your point stands but the Americas are really fucking big.
- I'd suggest that wandering over a border by accident and then back again wouldn't really be considered an invasion....

Any better sources for this?

Military incompetence, or international threat, either way you know the decision is being made at the top.
- Will Trump is both incompetent and an international threat so that checks out