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While I'm glad that Calderon is continuing to push his war against the drug lords, it's a little disquieting to know that active duty forces are now deployed just south of the border.Mexico's Army took control of customs Sunday on the busy US border, as federal authorities pulled agents off the job in a massive anti-corruption shakeup, officials told AFP.
An Interior Ministry official said the dismissals were being carried out at all Mexican border facilities, and that the customs agents were being replaced.
While I'm glad that Calderon is continuing to push his war against the drug lords, it's a little disquieting to know that active duty forces are now deployed just south of the border.
So now the drug cartels will just pay off military units near the border. Not sure how this matters much. Part of the "corruption" issue is that the Mexican military has been infiltrated by drug lords. So how exactly does replacing one corrupt group with another solve the problem?
Considering the recent case down in Texas, I daresay that our own house is a little too fragile for us to be throwing stones.
How's about we throw the stoned, instead? At the very least it would offer some cheap entertainment?The fact is, America is the world's largest consumer of illegal drugs. That's what's driving the violence and corruption in Mexico. So, yes, throwing stones is a bit hard.
How's about we throw the stoned, instead? At the very least it would offer some cheap entertainment?
This is true. And it's about time we finally faced the fact that you cannot fight a war against an industry by attacking the supply.
Works great.....if you're wanting to support the black markets!Hasn't really been shown to work, has it?
Works great.....if you're wanting to support the black markets!
Considering the recent case down in Texas, I daresay that our own house is a little too fragile for us to be throwing stones.
Mexican Army takes over customs on US border
While I'm glad that Calderon is continuing to push his war against the drug lords, it's a little disquieting to know that active duty forces are now deployed just south of the border.
I think it's a matter of degree. The Mexican military has been co-opted, almost wholesale, by the Mexican drug syndicates. They say that the offer is silver or lead. "Join us, or die." That's hard to resist, when they have the means to hurt you and your family. That level of influence isn't felt here. YET.
Little paranoid are we not?
But the $bil if not $tril that got to violent groups around the world via drug trade is not a good thing.
You know, people always say this, but that hasn't happened in Amsterdam. There will always be something illegal to sell and someone illegal to sell to.
Hardly. If my neighbor takes to toting a gun around after he's been robbed, I quite understand his desire for toting a gun....but I still am going to play closer attention to what he's doing. If and when that gun starts sending rounds down range I do not want to be down range.Little paranoid are we not?
I don't think we're communicating well.You know, people always say this, but that hasn't happened in Amsterdam. There will always be something illegal to sell and someone illegal to sell to.
Also, if the military gets co-opted by the cartels to the degree that the police have been, then there is real cause for concern when it comes to interdicting the flow of drugs into the country. That's a scenario that leads to the War on Drugs becoming a shooting war with Mexico in a big hurry.
I like it; I'm hoping that the Mexican Army can be greatly weakened so that the Magonistas and the Zapatistas can coordinate a violent military strike. :rofl
Mexican Army takes over customs on US border
While I'm glad that Calderon is continuing to push his war against the drug lords, it's a little disquieting to know that active duty forces are now deployed just south of the border.
What you want, however, is a small market of illegal things being sold. Far easier to control. One of the issues with the drug war is that it's literally a war on EVERY drug, save alcohol and tobacco. Even legal by prescription ones a part of it. We can't win that. Hell, we can't even contain it (see current situation in Mexico). We are literally flushing billions down the toilet while making billions for the cartels. The fact is, the biggest imported illegal drugs are pot and cocaine. Make those two legal and it changes the game. There is simply not enough demand for other drugs to sustain huge, violent cartels. You cannot exactly just turn to another drug. There's not enough demand. Once the money is gone, the cartels are gone. That's not to say crime goes away or some won't move to other illegal acts. No doubt they will. But the beast gets far smaller and easier to control.
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