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Re: Most predictable and unpredictable soccer Leagues to bet on: your thoughts?
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Alpha Marine
on 29/08/2025, 09:40:11 UTC
For example, in my experience Turkish Super Lig and Portuguese Primeira Liga are a bit more predictable compared to let's say Premier League or La Liga, which often feel more volatile.

I agree with this. I usually bet on the Turkish league and the Portuguese league. Selecting a winner might be difficult, but if you go for goals, it will most likely be accurate. I usually go for over 2.5 goals or both teams to score. I also use this option for the German and Netherlands leagues because they usually score a lot of goals.

Aside from the EPL and La Liga, the French league is a very difficult league to predict. They can decide not to score goals or the favourite team might lose or draw. The Serie A is like that too, but the French league is more difficult.
Aside from some teams like Barcelona, Liverpool, Madrid, Man City, and PSG that usually win and/or score goals, the EPL, La Liga and Ligue 1 are difficult to predict.
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Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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Alpha Marine
on 28/08/2025, 21:01:25 UTC
Alejandro Garnacho to Chelsea, deal done!

This is one of those deals I'm so sure will be a bad deal for the player. I don't know what Garnacho is trying to prove but he won't make it in Chelsea. He will just be another player that will be sold after a season or two for big money. Thats if he can generate more money. Chelsea don't need the player. I heard he rejected Bayern Munich for Chelsea, a decision he might regret.

Liverpool is ready to go all in for Alexander Isak, another massive deal incoming.
Nick Woltemade to Newcastle

Once I saw the Woltemade news, I knew it will have a ripple effect on Isak. I eliev Newcastle just wanted to guarantee a replacement before they let go of Isak. If Liverpool submits an improved bid, Newcastle may be forced to accept. I hope they accept because Isak will fit in perfectly to Liverpool and I would like to watch that.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season
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Alpha Marine
on 28/08/2025, 18:45:03 UTC
This is why the drawing is a bit crooked. I mean its not "fake" or corrupt or anything like that, I believe it is fair. But the system has to change without a doubt. Fenerbahce is a 300 million euro club, instead of them, Kairat is going, Pafos is going, Qarabag is going and such. I mean I get it, we are seeing smaller teams have a chance to play at UCL thanks to this and that's good for them, but its not great for football.

Because there is a 99% chance these teams will finish with either 1 point or zero point, because of how small they are and how everyone else is better than them. They should be at conference league or Europa league level at best. Because of bad drawing luck, two of the biggest teams in qualifying matched each other.

The other day, someone was complaining that it's only the rich teams that win. Today, another person is complaining that the richer team or the bigger team should qualify ahead of the smaller teams.
I honestly didn't believe anybody would complain about this. Fenerbache had their chance to qualify against Benfica, but they couldn't and now Benfica is here while they're not. Isn't football by merit anymore?
Or do you want only teams from the big football league to play in the Champions League and leave no chance for the smaller leagues? Then teams like Manchester Unted should play in the champions league if so.
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Re: ⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽
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Alpha Marine
on 28/08/2025, 14:52:05 UTC
Adding to another possible reason of seeing Arsenal the way he saw them is because there is a competition, some players who wants to wass strong puts a club they have to prove there performance a lot as a reason why they choose them, Eze is someone with a record that needs vibrant stars to unravel things about himself. His presence on Arsenal will future attracts more consideration than some other players on his position, I think currently Martin Odegaard and Ethan Nwaneri are some of the good Arsenal midfielders but Eberechi is another good and positive figure of that midfield even if is not now but definitely later.

I don't think it has anything to do with competition. Arsenal is simply a bigger club than Tottenham. Arsenal also have a better project than Tottenham. At Arsenal, he can play as a left winger and as an Attacking midfielder. He made the right decision choosing Arsenal.
Eze is a good player, and I wonder how Crystal Palace were able to keep him for that long. From the moment I watched him and Olise, I knew they would leave Crystal Palace for bigger teams. I'm really happy for him.

After the game I had to remember Amorim’s post match statement that after playing Arsenal they now realize that they are good enough to win any premier league side only to struggle against Fulham lol very delusional manager. Manchester United only played so well because it was the first game of the season, they are back to default settings again.

Amorim is not a good coach. I don't know how Man United fired Ten Hag, which was the right decision btw, then go ahead to hire someone worse. The way he lines up his team alone is enough reason to show that he is not a good coach. He is not good enough for a big team. I think United just need to start looking for a replacement and this time they should hire an experienced manager who can handle a top team.
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Re: Tradeogre is down right now is it hacked or is it seized ?
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Alpha Marine
on 28/08/2025, 14:05:25 UTC
Yeah, and newcomers who don't know bitcoin's history--including that of its exchanges like Mt. Gox, Cryptsy, and many others--will probably just assume like you said that crypto exchanges are just like banks, who won't just close all of their branches, take down their websites overnight, and run away with their customers' funds.  The really sad part is that because of those exchanges that caused people to lose so much money, it's brought crypto under the microscope of regulators all over the globe. 

I think you mistakenly left a closing tag that shouldn't be there on your post. You should edit it and remove the last closing tag.

Think there will ever be a service like Circle circa 2016 where you could just sign up and convert fiat to bitcoin with super-low fees? 

I doubt it. I never used it, though. I wasn't into Bitcoin then.
They've seen that there is money to be made, and they've had a taste of the money, so I doubt services like that will ever be available again. It would most likely not be profitable, so "it won't be worth it". Same way memes and altcoins will continue to be created. I heard Kanye West launched another memecoin a couple of days ago. There's money to be made.

And how long do you think it's going to be until all the non-KYC exchanges are gone from the face of the earth?

As long as the government allows it. For now, they just make life difficult for them, and I feel this is because a lot of people don't use them compared to KYC exchanges. When you ask why the government are against non-KYC exchanges, they will give the usual excuses of fraud, terrorism, money laundering, but we all know the main reason.
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Re: In today's world of subscriptions!
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Alpha Marine
on 28/08/2025, 13:37:22 UTC
Well in the US I believe when situations like piracy happen and they affect corporations, it's up to the 'victims' to take legal action against the people pirating stuff.  If the music/movie/whatever industries never paid attention, the government wouldn't take any action.

Yeah, this is true, but you can only take legal actions against people who have been caught. If I create a website where people can download movies illegally, nobody knows who I am, so how can I be prosecuted? The corporation can't even do anything about the website on its own unless it goes to the authorities, and the site can be taken down. When that happens, the owner or creator of the website will just create another one, and the price continues.
It's only the government that has the authority, jurisdiction and resources to fight it. A movie industry in the US cannot act against a piracy organisation in Asia, Europe or Africa.
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Re: ⚽ EFL Carabao Cup 2024/25 Season
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Alpha Marine
on 27/08/2025, 21:39:20 UTC
In the end, Man United lost despite trying to equalize the score to 2-2, but they were unlucky in the long penalty shootout. Grin

I feel sorry for Manchester United at this point. It was fun to make fun of them before, but now it's just sad to see how far they've fallen off. They got knocked out in the first stage of the cup. So embarrassing. The players who started the game should be able to win the game, so there's no excuse. They've not been able to win a match this season, and this was a match they could have used to boost their morale, but they got knocked out. It's not looking good at all.

I'll continue to blame the coach for this. I have never been convinced by the team when I watch them play, and when a team plays like that, the coach alone is to blame. I know it's too early to sack him, but United better start looking for a replacement because Amorim won't take them anywhere. The problem is, when they fire him, they would sign another mid coach, like what they did when they fired Ten Hag.
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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26
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Alpha Marine
on 27/08/2025, 21:28:51 UTC
I guessed what the matter was - maybe the fact that the referees helped Barcelona in the first round had a decisive impact on the bookmakers' opinion  Grin The fact that Real conceded zero goals is of little significance compared to a team that can count on help from the referee. I won't say that I believe in this conspiracy theory, but maybe many do and it changes the cash flow of bets, and bookmakers only reflect this.

How about the penalty Madrid received in the first match, when it was Mbappe who stepped on the player's leg?
How about the first Madrid's goal against Oviedo that should have been ruled off for a foul before the goal?
You can't pick out where the referee was favourable to your rival and pretend not to see how the referee was favourable to your own team.
The first red card in the Mallorca game was undeserved, but Barcelona were already 2-0 up before that red card, and they were controlling the game well, so you can't claim that they won because of the red card.

I believe that Xabi Alonso will do better in Real Madrid than he did in Bayer Leverkusen.

From the first game, the problem Madrid had was creating chances. They were very good in all areas aside from creating chances; they pinned Osauna to their own final third, they won the ball back quicker with an effective press, and they moved the ball around quicker. If they could create chances easily,y they would have won that match with a minimum of 3 goals. From my point of view, I believe that issue is very fixable, but if they play that way agisnt a good team they will get punished.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026
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Alpha Marine
on 27/08/2025, 18:08:10 UTC
It's interesting to discuss about how Ruud Gullit stated that if MU was the main problem why their club performed so poorly. he also mentioned some names who played better after they leave from there. I guess the truth is bitter, but i think i agree with his statement.
It's hard to deny the fact that MU's former players played better after they left from there. Just like mctominay who won his first scudetto with Napoli at his first season in Partinopei.

It's also hard to deny MU's also a place to kill someone's career. I hope they will re-evaluate themselves and have better approach in order to fix their problems. What do you guys think?

I believe this, and I have always said it. The environment at Man United makes it difficult for players to succeed; the poor form of the team in these first two matches is the fault of the coach. They played well against Arsenal in the first match, and they lost narrowly. Instead of looking at that game and finding ways they were poor and getting better at it, he went to Fulham with an even worse tactic.

Amorim's setup was horrible. He has only two midfielders, and he took Bruno, who is one of the best Attacking midfielders in the world, to play as a central midfielder. Then he took Cuhna, who is a winger, to play as a striker while he has a 75 million striker sitting on the bench. To top everything up, he played Mount on the wing. They were lucky to get a point with that kind of setup.
If Amorim doesn't learn to use his best players in their best positions and play to the strength of the players, United will continue to suffer.
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Re: Tradeogre is down right now is it hacked or is it seized ?
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Alpha Marine
on 27/08/2025, 15:25:34 UTC
Unfortunately, TO had been around for quite a while and developed a reputation (justified or not) as an exchange that wasn't out to scam its customers, so I assume a lot of people became comfortable keeping their crypto parked there--and that's obviously a bad idea no matter what the exchange's reputation is.

This is exactly the mistake a lot of people make. I remember telling him something about the dangers of CEX, and he said, "It's finance, nothing will happen to finance". Nothing happened to his coin, but this is the case with many people. As long as the exchange has been operating for a long time and has a reputation, then they can safely keep their coins there. After all, the exchange assures them their coins are perfectly safe.
They feel the exchange is too big to fail. "They have a reputation to uphold". In the world we live in, nothing is too big to fail. People never learn till it's too late.

I even have a friend who only got scared after he read about the bybit hack a few months ago, where they stole a lot of Ethereum from bybit. It was after that incident that he finally agreed to move to a non-custodial wallet. He had half of his life savings in bitcoin, and that really scared him. It was then he realised exchanges are not as safe or secure as they want the public to believe.
I honestly don't know why people will have the choice of having 100% control of their coins but still choose to hand that control over to someone else.
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Re: Feel the pressure?
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Alpha Marine
on 27/08/2025, 14:26:45 UTC
There is no way a person who has an investment will have zero pressure or worry when he sees the bitcoin price go from $123k to $111k. Even if you bought it at $50k and have taken a profit a couple of times, and are a long way away from going into a loss. In human nature, we always want the most profit. If all things go south and we lose, then we will take consolation in the fact that we didn't lose everything, but since we haven't lost, we want the most of it.

How do you guys feel during a time like this?

It's how you deal with that worry or fear that matters, not the feeling itself. It's very normal to feel worried, anxious, and all sorts of emotions. We're humans, not robots, and it's in our nature, but don't make decisions out of fear, uncertainty or doubt.
Currently, I have a small amount of Bitcoin I bought when the Bitcoin price was at $86k or thereabouts for a specific purpose. I planned to use it for something at the end of the year or sell it if it gets to $150k before then. Seeing bitcoin go from over $120k to $111k is worrying, to be honest, but I'm not going to panic and sell it off just so I don't lose. I have a plan, and I have to stick to my plan. So yeah, the emotions are normal, but we have to control the emotions and make well-analysed decisions.
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Re: I don't like the idea of governments holding millions of Bitcoins.
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Alpha Marine
on 26/08/2025, 22:20:29 UTC
I don't feel the same way that I used to feel about Bitcoin anymore, I guess this is because the government is all over it right now, the massive adoption from the government instead of the retails and normal people like us hurts my guts. The decentralisation is no more, this is how I feel, now with the amount of Bitcoin on these powerful people's hand I feel that they will be able to manipulate the market even more.

I don't see a reason for anybody to be worried about this. Bitcoin is free for anybody to use and own. You can't want a free coin, controlled by no particular entity, owned by no particular person and then turn around and say "No, certain people shouldn't use Bitcoin". It goes against everything Bitcoin stands for.
Bitcoin was created as an alternative currency, and there is nothing that suggests that governments of the world can't own alternative currencies? I am not excited about it, but it's not something I will get worried over. The bitcoin market is not easily manipulated anymore.

I am excited in the sense that I don't see the government as the saviour of bitcoin. I remember how Trump was on the lips of almost everybody talking about Bitcoin immediately after he won the election to his inauguration. I don't see governments like that; I see them as just more people adopting bitcoin.
If for anything, I see there are more advantages of the government being involved in bitcoin than disadvantages.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season
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Alpha Marine
on 26/08/2025, 17:28:48 UTC
Several top teams have similar percentages, such as Manchester City and Liverpool, and they shouldn't be underestimated. However, I'd like to emphasize that defending the Champions League title isn't easy, so I'm slightly ruling out PSG this season.
Real Madrid is also a bit questionable, as their early season performance hasn't been impressive. So, I have little doubt that they'll be a fierce contender in this season's Champions League.

This is why I like the Champions League. It is difficult to pick the winner from the beginning of the tournament. Even after the group stage/league phase, it's difficult to pick the winner. It becomes easier as the knockout stage progresses. 
The Champions League is different from the league. A team might not be very solid in the league, but they can find a way to knock out their opponent one after the other and continue progressing in the UCL.

All of Man City, Liverpool, Bayern, Arsenal, Madrid, Barcelona, Inter, PSG have what it takes to win the Champions League this season and I believe the winner will come from one of them.
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Re: "Is Bitcoin the ultimate savings tool?"
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Alpha Marine
on 26/08/2025, 17:20:07 UTC
For what I know Bitcoin is a savings tools and that's why bitcoiners hold for long term cause of its profitable volatile nature that tends to grow overtime. But depending on some countries that sees it otherwise, some as an investment due to its higher returns and  what a view but then Bitcoin has provided lots of opportunities to the economic sectors at large.

Bitcoin is the best form of savings. Previously, we simply kept money aside in the bank or otherwise for savings. That money doesn't grow, and even if it does, it's just by a small percentage that won't be worth much. Then there is the issue of inflation. Your money might be worth less after a long time. Bitcoin does not have any of those issues. Yeah, the bitcoin price might drop, but if you're keeping it for the long term, there is little to worry about.

With Bitcoin, you have savings that can also be an investment. If it grows, you have an investment; if it doesn't, it's a savings and since you're keeping the money for the long term, there is a high chance it will grow.
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Re: Will the under developed nations come out of its under development?
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Alpha Marine
on 26/08/2025, 11:24:58 UTC
Until they get a good government, they will continue to be underdeveloped countries. The only thing that can make a country better is having a good government, and the only way to have a good government is for the country to have a system that prevents government officials and politicians from neglecting their jobs.

The difference between developed and undeveloped countries is not because the developed countries have good politicians or government officials, but because there is a system that makes sure people do their jobs, and those who don't do their jobs are punished. In undeveloped countries, people are rewarded for not doing their jobs.
The change can only come from the people. You can't expect those in power to give you change because it favours them. So the people have to be ready to fight for what they want.
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Re: Is it easy to be a responsible player?
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Alpha Marine
on 25/08/2025, 21:42:49 UTC
Personally, it's very easy to gamble responsibly. I've been gambling for close to a decade now, and I've learned to gamble responsibly, but if I'm to answer that question generally and not personally, then no, it's not easy.
It's not easy because the casinos and betting companies plant the ideas in the heads of customers and potential customers that they can get rich from playing. With an idea like that, people won't think about how much they will lose as long as they get out of poverty. Add that to the stories they hear of people who won hundreds of thousands of dollars in betting, and it changed their lives. Stories like that motivate them to think that one day it will be them

Then there is the chasing of losses. You want to get your money back, and there is a voice always at the back of your head telling you that the next bet might be the one you'll win big and recoup all your losses. So, we can see its very difficult to gamble responsibly, but it's very possible.
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Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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Alpha Marine
on 25/08/2025, 21:16:53 UTC
I really want to see Antony go to Real Betis because you can see what he did when he was there he took them to Conference league final but could not win for them and also carry them up in the LaLiga table, and he have make them qualify for another European football which is the Europa league, will all known that Real Betis was performing poorly last season until the arrival  of Antony, so I think united should let him go because if he stays he will not see any playing spot in the first team and which can hinder his career as a good player.

This is the kind of misinformation I do not like. What do you mean, "Antony took them to the conference league final"? Did you actually watch any Betid games aside from the conference league final, or are you just riding with the hype? Antony was good for Beis, but he was not a level raiser. He was not even the best player in the team, nor was he the most important player, so how can you say he took them to the Conference League final and carried them up in the league table.

There was not much difference in form from when Antony joined. They still lost matches and won some, just as it was before Antony joined. In fact, the five games they played before the final, they didn't win anyone and Antny played all those games. He was good for them, but don't make it look like he was the undisputed best player in the team because he was not. Isco was the best and most important player in that team.
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Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)
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Alpha Marine
on 25/08/2025, 17:46:39 UTC
Before the match, I thought the best result Como FC could achieve was to hold Lazio to a draw. However, once the match kicked off, Cesc Fabregas truly demonstrated the quality of his squad. Como FC not only won convincingly 2-0, but also dominated the entire match, both in terms of possession and attack. Their 19 shots in a single match is quite impressive, especially considering the team they were facing. Como FC will be a strong contender for the top spot in Serie A.

I recall having a discussion here and stating that I expect a lot from Como this season. After watching them play against Barcelona in the Joan Gamper Trophy, I knew they were a very well-coached team. They were trashed 5-0 by Barcelona, but I saw the way they played. Barcelona were too superior to them, so it was not a surprise.
They also made some interesting additions to their team, so they are better than they were last season. I'm not expecting them to finish the season in

Talking about Inter Milan then we will talk about race with Napoli and we know Napoli has already taken its place at the top of the standings so Inter Milan will not let it go easily this means that Inter Milan must win today by any ways. Indeed, there were several surprises in the first week of Serie A but Inter Milan must be excluded, especially when they are playing at home today regardless of whether Torino will score it doesn't matter because Inter Milan target is 3 points.

Inter Milan will win their game today. The title race will be between Napoli and Inter, just like it was last season. The difference is, this time around, one team won't have the advantage of not playing in Europe, because both teams are in the Campions league. 
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Re: In today's world of subscriptions!
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Alpha Marine
on 25/08/2025, 16:29:16 UTC
It kind of surprises me that piracy has taken a huge chunk of profit out of the music business and yet that industry never really cracked down on piracy in earnest.  There was a time when people were getting sued, but that didn't last for long.  That tells me that pretty much nobody cares if stuff gets pirated, including the government.

I feel like the government are the ones supposed to fight these things. I mean, I do not truly know how it works, but I understand that the government are supposed to be the ones who make the environment better for people to do business. That is why people pay huge taxes, and the more business and money you make, the more taxes you pay. But since the government are not the one losing the money, they don't pay attention to it.
It's worse because only governments of developed countries care about piracy; the underdeveloped countries don't care at all, and the majority of piracy goes on in these countries. Illegal sports streaming sites, illegal movie and music sites.

In all of this, I find music piracy more annoying. I don't think there is any platform where you can subscribe to movies and TV shows where you get all the movies, but with a music streaming platform, like Apple Music, Spotify or YouTube Music, you get every single song for just over a dollar a month, yet people still pirate them. Why? To what ends?
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Re: Is the US about to militarily attack Venezuela?
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Alpha Marine
on 25/08/2025, 15:59:14 UTC
If any one of you have questions about what is going on from the perspective of a Venezuelan civilian, I can try to reply any of your questions, as long as they are serious and not ill-intentioned.

What I really want to understand is whether this is just another excuse for the US to use and invade another country, where they have ulterior motives, or if the reason they say they're there is the actual reason they're there. Because I think they want a reason they can use to eliminate the president of a country and install the one they want and will favour them.

I am honestly confused because I haven't seen where the US deployed Marines against drug dealers. What happened to the agency created to fight drug trafficking?
I know they won't invade the country anyway, but by installing a leader they can be puppet masters to, there will be no need to invade, and that is what I think will happen, or I'm I reading the situation wrong?