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This is fascinating, I will be very curious to see the details as they come out. Bukele says El Salvador has launched a military operation to recover their people. That is very unusual for a small Third world country to be able to launch a military operation over a 1,000+ mile
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Pou chèf gang yo ak manm gang yo k ap kenbe kat konpatriyòt nou yo an otaj ann Ayiti:
Mesye nou kidnape yo pa konbatan. Yo se teknisyen nan domèn avyasyon ki fè pati misyon nou ann Ayiti, nan kad yon misyon entènasyonal. Misyon nou an gen sèlman pilòt ak pèsonèl teknik, ki gen kòm travay prensipal fè evakyasyon medikal epi sove lavi moun, pa fè lagè.
Men, nou te kidnape yo yon fason lach pandan yo t ap retounen apre yo te fin achte manje nan yon makèt nan zòn nan.
Se poutèt sa, jodi a nou te lanse yon operasyon militè pou pote yo sekou. Nou gen yon sèl objektif: fè kat konpatriyòt nou yo retounen lakay yo vivan, san okenn mal.
Men, mwen vle pou nou menm, chèf gang yo, konprann yon bagay byen klè: atak jodi a pa anyen devan sa k ap vini si nou pa remèt toule kat otaj yo vivan.
Epi pa pran pawòl nou yo pou menas san fondman. Nou deja fini ak gang yo nan El Salvador, e nou kapab fini ak nou tou.
Nou toujou gen tan pou evite sa.
Remèt nou kat konpatriyòt nou yo vivan, san okenn mal, epi tout bagay ap retounen jan sa te ye anvan kidnaping lan.
Desizyon an nan men nou.
Of course, he has heavily relied on his military domestically, but honing them to the point where they can launch an operation from 1k miles away on 3 days notice is a whole different level.
Small nations having lethal militaries may yet return to the world.
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Looks like we have some details on the El Salvador military operation in Haiti. If accurate, about 100 Special Forces hitched a ride on someone's C-17 (ours?) 1-2 days, so about the time of Bukele's announcement / threat. This should be the cream of the El Salvador military,
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🇸🇻 Impresionantes imágenes de paracaidistas del Ejército de El Salvador rezando a bordo de un autobús antes de partir hacia Haití.
Los militares se dirigían al aeropuerto para abordar un C-17 Globemaster III con destino a Puerto Príncipe, donde se sumarán a las operaciones de la GSF contra la pandilla 400 Mawozo.
Según nuestro contacto, el contingente está compuesto por 100 elementos de Fuerzas Especiales, procedentes de tres unidades: el CEAT, el Batallón de Paracaidistas y el Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE). Entre ellos viajan los conocidos como Comandos Hachas y Comandos Prales, tropas de choque con una preparación comparable a la de los kaibiles guatemaltecos.
Nuestro contacto también señala que llevan ametralladoras M60, carabinas Arad y fusiles de francotirador Mk22, además del armamento individual de los operadores.
Will they bring back the hostages? Or will Bukele be at the airport when they bring back the bodies of his soldiers?
I wish the US media would cover this, but they intensely dislike Bukele, so will likely only do so if it is a disaster.
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Video allegedly showing the Salvadoran light infantry saying its prayers on its way by C-17 to Haiti. Where'd they get the C-17?
But even the whole 100 men are a small force, easily swallowed up in an urban labyrinth, vulnerable to being overrun by swarms of gangsters without air support, listed as being Salvadoran Airforce MD-530 armed helos.
So the key will be intelligence, surprise and precision rather than brute force.
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Denmark spends $6 million per combat soldier because actually fighting a war is fairly low on their military priority list, typical for Europe.
El Salvador has ~6X the combat soldiers, at $30k cost each, because it views combat as much more likely.
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Suspect you'd find that Danish politicians asked not what the Army was for, but what it could do for them.
And the answer was likely 'recruit and overpromote women so we can look all trendy on reddit, if anyone ever asks'.
'Cyber warfare is our priority' because the girs are good at sending mean tweets and not so great with a bayonet... Etc.
And if it happens that the previous frequent warfare were to return to Central America, I believe that Bukele intends to come out on top.
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That works out to $6 million per combat soldier. Part of that is the expensive weapons systems. But, much of it is the very expensive tail to tooth ratio. For every combat soldier, Denmark employs five people in the tail, with 25% being a jobs program for women.
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Paying ransoms just encourages more kidnappings. Try to free the four hostages. If they die in the attempt, hunt down & kill the gang members. Miraculous reduction in kidnappings thereafter. Bukele has more freedom in this area in Haiti than El Salvador.
This is the whole forced urbanization & mass transit debate in a single post. The very same people who want to force living in packed urban areas & trains instead of cars, have no solution to violent attacks other than freeing the criminals without bail.
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Devon Jones, a convicted felon on an ankle monitor, has been sentenced to 10 years for attacking and robbing a pregnant woman in a Chicago CTA tunnel...but will likely be out by 2030
In August 2025, prosecutors asked Judge Susana Ortiz to hold him until trial. She refused. She only put him on electronic monitoring. He broke the conditions of his release, but was allowed to stay out. Then he attacked the woman. Here's how it went down:
> Aug. 19-26, 2025: left home without permission on 7 days
> Kept on release anyway
> Sept. 8: missed court, warrant issued
> Oct. 4: pregnant woman attacked, iPad stolen
All of it was avoidable. He did it anyway.
And his expected parole? Oct. 10, 2030. But we know the Democrats will try to let him out even faster
Democrats are pro-crime
There's no way to reconcile the talking points when it means on a 100% predictable basis, women are attacked, raped & murdered on the mass transit. People can't be forced to live & travel closer together until the violence issue can be solved.
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Cage fight: Denmark vs El Salvador, whose gonna win? People turn out to be very interested in a Latin American country rapidly deploying troops long distance, not in character. How would that compare to Europe? Denmark & El Salvador each have ~6M people, so a good comparison.
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of actual fighting men under arms.
Now, I would never expect Denmark & El Salvador to actually fight, LOL. Nonetheless, as the tide of war spreads across Africa, SW Asia and Europe, even while the hegemony ends, these sorts of things may not remain theoretical for long.
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What's developed in the thread below is critical for understanding the actual military strength of Europe & Canada, and why spending as a percent of GDP means so little.
Denmark spends $15B per year to field one half strength mechanized brigade of ~2.5k combat soldiers.
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What's developed in the thread below is critical for understanding the actual military strength of Europe & Canada, and why spending as a percent of GDP means so little.
Denmark spends $15B per year to field one half strength mechanized brigade of ~2.5k combat soldiers.
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That works out to $6 million per combat soldier. Part of that is the expensive weapons systems. But, much of it is the very expensive tail to tooth ratio. For every combat soldier, Denmark employs five people in the tail, with 25% being a jobs program for women.
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For El Salvador, the annual cost per fighting solider is about $30k per year. Yes, wages are lower, and they are more lightly armed. The other really big difference is that each person in the tail supports 1.8 people in the tooth. So the support to infantry ratio is~10X.
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