US Military occupation of several Mexican states is not off the table, nor should it be. Counter-insurgency deserves to fail everywhere, including our own backyard. Indeed, the current climate of cartel wars is result of a previous failed COIN campaign; that's how we got to Los Zetas.
The State Department resignations is fantastic news. The shockwaves through DC after the hiring freeze announcement was impressive, but after today's State Dept news people are up on the rooftops debating whether to take the elevator or just walk off directly.
What will be interesting is how all the Deep State human resources will diffuse into the private sector. Most of the people resigning from State, for instance, have no real value outside of their position in the State Department. They're strange animals bred for a unique environment, whereas John Murka and his SOF training are a lot more likely to find paying work in the real world. But guys who have spent the past 27 years working for Langley from their cover as a (shitty, lazy) book editor in NYC? They're just surplus equipment without their juice.
One of the many dozens of interesting questions currently wide open: how much of the Deep State will be legible to the Trump administration? He's not exactly showing up with a crack team of experts. His access will depend entirely upon the generosity -- and goals -- of the alphabet soup agencies.
...I bet the Iraqis are not happy about Trump's decision to take all their oil..I hear they are using his very words to recruit ..passed all around Iraq by the tweeter machine