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riversedge

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 05:19 AM Mar 2023

Comer claims it was a 'mistake' for Trump not to bomb Mexican meth labs [View all]

Source: washingtonexaminer.com




Wednesday, March 08, 2023

by Misty Severi, Breaking News Reporter
March 07, 2023 07:44 PM


Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said it was a mistake for former President Donald Trump not to bomb fentanyl and crystal meth labs in Mexico despite the country being an ally of the United States.................


“One of the things we learned post-Trump presidency is that he had ordered a bombing of a couple of fentanyl labs, crystal meth labs, in Mexico, just across the border, and for whatever reason, the military didn’t do it,” Comer said. “I think that was a mistake.”



Trump allegedly proposed firing missiles into Mexico in 2020, making the suggestion to then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Trump apparently said they would be able to keep the attack a secret and that no one would be able to trace it back to the U.S.

Esper, who wrote about the exchange in his book A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Defense Secretary in Extraordinary Times, said he was stunned at the suggestion. When asked about the exchange, Trump said he had no comment. ........................................................................

Read more: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/comer-claims-mistake-trump-did-not-bomb-mexican-meth-labs



Goodness, what will we learn next????




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Please find another source other than that conservative turdfest Washington Examiner AZLD4Candidate Mar 2023 #1
OK then. Mexico gets to bomb US gun factories sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #2
+1. . . Republicons are soooooo stupid, thinking if you can't take rights away, kill someone. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #3
Mexico on various occasions has used military troops to attack Cartel strongholds, yet the cartels Ford_Prefect Mar 2023 #4
What's more, Army units sent to 'fight the cartels' were often hired by the cartels themselves peppertree Mar 2023 #23
Following the Russian playbook I see. pazzyanne Mar 2023 #5
The only thing that will stop this crap is reducing DEMAND here in the US. oldsoftie Mar 2023 #6
That's why I think most drugs should be legal. Young people especially are drawn to the forbidden. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #10
I agree 100% about making all drugs legal. Aristus Mar 2023 #22
I agree with you as far as you go... slightlv Mar 2023 #24
Excellent points--and certainly worthwhile. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #25
Comey, can you get republicans to stop using and smuggling fentanyl? keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #16
Yet the meth labs in white rural America are a-ok? Crowman2009 Mar 2023 #7
Made In America? ret5hd Mar 2023 #8
Exactly what I was thinking Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #21
Comer of KY has a lot of nerve. Meth use is wild in his home state. Odd that in rural KY... machoneman Mar 2023 #9
I wonder if Rep. James Comer (Batshit Crazy-KY) knows just how nuts this sounds? Botany Mar 2023 #11
Yeah, Israeli logic to shoot people up Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2023 #27
Obsession? I can't think how many months, many, since I last posted about Israel. Obsession? Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #28
January 25th Mosby Mar 2023 #29
Obsession. About 45 days and 300 posts ago. It must be an obsession Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #30
You purposely demonize Israelis and hold them to different standards. Mosby Mar 2023 #31
??? I think you are the one obsessed. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #32
Holy F!!! The outright stupidity is mind blowing. This the banana republic for you. Nt TeamProg Mar 2023 #12
Don Jr. must have been in a panic over that. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #14
We need to clean up the meth prob in the U.S. Marthe48 Mar 2023 #15
Never understood it. They eve put up billboards showing before & after pics of meth users oldsoftie Mar 2023 #17
I'm with you Marthe48 Mar 2023 #19
Desperate people do desperate things TexasBushwhacker Mar 2023 #33
Attack Mexico is the new GOP talking point, build the wall is worn out. sarcasmo Mar 2023 #18
Those republicans sure do like war. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #20
How to say you've never been in the military without saying you've never been in the military jmowreader Mar 2023 #26
Most labs are small shacks in the wilderness. NutmegYankee Mar 2023 #34
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