Subject: Re: Columbians to allow deportation flights
On the other hand, the criminals that are preying on our country, the fentanyl, the human trafficking, the enrichment of the cartels are themselves massive problems. In short, as far as I am concerned it is a judgement call, and that is what we elect presidents to decide.

Ever since Barack Obama there's been a strain of what I call Acceptance of mediocrity in this country. It's when things aren't as good as they used to be and folks just shrug their shoulders and say, "I guess that's just the way it is now" and don't do anything.

You see it all over the place. In Seattle, where I live, local liberals have their cars broken into left and right and expect nothing to be done. On this board, recall that controlling the border was Just Impossible I Tell You.

Perhaps US Presidents in the past were fearful of straight talk because of the implicit threat that some Country X would hop into bed with China. If so, that's an inherent admission of weakness right off the bat (and to explain that point, if somebody who says they're your friend is implicitly threatening to bail on you if you so much as an arch an eyebrow, they're not really your friend).

Columbia has been under pressure for years from FARC and the cartels; it's not surprising they'd show some cracks after a while.