Considering Russia kind of just put the final nail in the coffin for your democracy, probably Russia
I guess it depends on how many nuclear weapons MS-13 has.
Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost - the "homegrown" criminal gang.
Seriously, had you heard about MS-13 before Trump?
Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost
Soooooooo…. You’re saying Russia then.
- international: Russia (and their puppet, Trump)
- domestic: we have enough racist, fascist domestic terrorists (ex. Proud Boys, Patriot Front, etc., etc.) that pose far more of a threat to the US than MS-13
Russia
Ms-13 hasn’t made it to the White House
Russia has
Sad but true
They should be concerned about the dictator problem they have at home.
Depends on context. If the context is "planning a holiday in El Salvador", maybe MS-13 is relevant. Beyond being worried about impact on others' lives, MS-13 is largely irrelevant to Americans and most people that I've encountered never heard of them before 2016.
the forces task with each risk are entirely separate. the states should police for internal gang activity. the feds should be fucking freaked out over russia just deciding to invade other soverieng nations for zero reason.
but that was back when the united states had a functioning government. those days are long gone.
I don't see a MS-13 hand shoved firmly up Trump's ass, so....
Russia.
I'm going to go with option C, the Trump regime.. We need to be more worried about them and how they ate dismantling our democracy.
MS-13 or Russia
neither of those are real concerns tbh. Americans should be concerned about housing, feeding and providing medical care to everyone before worrying about external threats.
Russia is affecting those things in the us though. Maybe if the gop weren't in russias pocket you'd be more on point.
Fair
Well my retirement isn't down because of ms-13
Gangs are bad. Thing is, you don't fight gangs with military you fight them with relief. Gangs thrive on the hurt and the suffering of peole. If you relieve the hurt and suffering poverty causes you destroy the gangs ability to recruit.
Republicans and some democrats
Russia, biggest mafia in the world, and also funds White supremecist/right wing groups all over the worlds.
And US presidents
China. Military has been gearing up to defend Taiwan for years and the intervention has been moved up to only 2 years from now.
None, go fix yourself first, clinically depressed pooch.
Red Scare or "duh ill-e-gulls"
Red scare was about communism.
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