Evil: Mexican Drug Cartels Targeting Children
Between 2006 and 2010, nearly 1,000 of the victims murdered by drug cartels were under the age of 18. Recently, many of these child victims have been toddlers and infants.
One infant was shot and killed while strapped into a car seat, while another was murdered while his grandmother cradled him in her arms.
In Chihuahua, a state police commander and her 5-year-old daughter were walking to school when both were shot dead by cartel gunmen.
In another case, three young girls between the ages of 12 and 15 were executed in their home in Ciudad Juarez when assassins showed up at their home to kill their father. When they realized he was not home, they killed his three young daughters instead.
Another savage murder involved a 4-year-old girl found dead with a bullet to the chest, slumped over the body of her murdered, bound, and gagged mother.
In these cases, it appears that the children were not victims of circumstance, but were actually targeted by the assassins. A message is being sent: no one is safe, no one will be spared from the violence. The murder of a rival or a law enforcement official is no longer enough; they now will kill children to reinforce fear.
Along with the recent discovery of several mass graves containing dozens of victims, the Mexican people are interpreting the latest developments as undeniable signs that the drug war is no longer only claiming victims from the drug trade and law enforcement: it is now taking the lives of the innocent and uninvolved.
The Mexican public appears to have reached a breaking point: they are no longer willing to accept the increasing violence and the escalation in brutality. On April 6, thousands of Mexican citizens took to the streets in several cities to protest the unrelenting crime and the Mexican government’s apparent inability to protect them from drug cartel violence. There have been almost 40,000 drug related murders since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006, and the Mexican people have lost patience and confidence in their president’s handling of the bloody crime wave. The protesters message: they can no longer tolerate living in a state of constant fear.
The protest movement is splintered, however, with some wanting the government to crack down harder on the cartels, with others supporting the legalization of narcotics as the answer.
And these are the people the libturds want to let in to the U.S. without restriction. Build the fence! Then put in a mine field!
Some countries have people that are stupid and bad. Don’t let them into America.
The End.
They are already here…we call them Democrats.
I agree…Democrats are behind letting illegal votes in to the country.
AND I AGREE, BUILD THE FENCE AND PUT IN A MINe FIELD!! This wave of terror needs to stop at our border, not come across
President Calderon is the representative of the people and state of Mexico. If he had the slightest conception of honor, he would wage open war on the drug cartels: no warrants, no arrests, no trials–war. Instead he is a craven coward who fears the opinions of human rights activists who declare the equality of and necessity of respecting the human rights of murderous drug dealers and their juvenile victims.
If President Calderon waged open war against the drug cartels, can you imagine the outcry of the leftist media? They would treat him like they do Benjamin Netanyahu when he responds to Palestinian terror.
As long as they stay on their side of the border, I really don’t care. Mexican bandits and outlaws have been brutally killing other Mexicans for centuries. There is nothing new here. But if they try this here in the United States, does the Obama administration have the stones to protect us and actually do something about it? I doubt it. Just another reason to vote him out of office.
That is the problem – they are already here. There are parts of Phoenix (near me) where I dare not go – too many shootings and crime.
President Calderon is trying to address part of the problem (trafficing). The larger problem is the user of this product (illegal drugs) and it is the American drug problem. Our president has refused to address any of this problem. In fact his actions of not of enforcing the constitution and laws of the land means we the user of the drugs have this blood on our hands.
Mexico also has very liberal if not any drug laws.
Claim the blood on your hands if you like, personally, I prefer to blame the perps who do the killing. I don’t do drugs and I dont’ know anybody who does.
I think what has changed is that the muslims have infiltrated the drug cartels and this is the results. Beheadings and child murder – the same thing they do at home.
chinese nationals have infiltrated too
there was a bust here in california a couple years ago of several pot houses in the hacienda heights and walnut area (a fairly well to do area with lots of successful, asian, small business owners homes)
when the police busted these homes there was the obvious connection to some mexican cartels but the homes ownership was traced back to chinese citizens that were not living in the u.s.
So it’s all our fault again? Do all kinds of improbable and painful things with your entire equipage of bodily organs, Don. Since you seem to be of the opinion that everything’s our fault, you’re probably enough of a masochist to enjoy it.
The American junkie consumer IS a problem. Big one, no doubt about it. Economics 101: Supply will dwindle if there is no demand. Therefore, hit the consumer hard. Add draconian penalties and proper law enforcement: Singapore is quite mild in addressing only the distribution part of the narcotics bandwagon with capital punishment, but even that helps a lot. Take a leaf out of their book.
Absolutely. No demand, no supply. It’s that freakin’ simple.
Also applies to illegal labor.
While we aren’t directly responsible for this violence and murder, the drug usage in our own country isn’t exactly helping to quell the problem. Therefore, yes, in an indirect way we do have this blood on our hands.
Not sure Mexican drug laws are all that liberal! they are furious with California’s movement toward legalization of marijuana because it increases trafficking to Cali while it’s still illegal south of the border. Cali’s liberalization has increased Mexican violence.
While I don’t think we are to blame for Mexico’s problems, I do agree that lax enforcement and in some cases outright encouragement has made the problem worse. People who purchase and consume illegal drugs ARE part of the problem.
i dont know about anyone else but “my friend” and “my cousin” get their “medicine” from home growers
there is no touching that mexican schwag
meth is made in the usa too
so im narrowing my focus on the cocaine trade
as for the legalization bit
there is no way i would ever vote for legalization until our country returns to free-market economy
it seems the flow of a lot of crappy drugs happens because of a porous border; fix this and we fix much of the problem
i have also thought that these pockets of our states being held by enemy invaders (Red Dawn?) would make great practice for our national guard to get some “experience points”
Have you seen what happens to American communities where marijuana and meth production is a booming “industry”? It isn’t pretty.
I live in one of the meth production capitols of the country. A lot of the crime and deaths are directly relatable to the meth industry.
…and I highly doubt that legalizing drug usage would make anything better
Much like the complete lack of sympathy I have for the Palestinians, neither do I care about the Mexicans. This is their country. This is what they accept for themselves.
It’s also apparently what a faction of Americans want for themselves.
You can’t cure stupid.
There is no valid comparison with the Palestinians. The Palestinians have bought into a Hitlerian national delusion where the population would like nothing more than to destroy the Jews. The Mexican population does not want to destroy the Americans, and they are not under any mass delusion about the righteousness of the cartels.
You better start caring about what happens over there because the violence has already moved into the U.S., and it will start moving farther north away from Texas, Arizona, and S. California. The only way we’re going to stop this is with an Israeli style wall on the border and American combat missions in Mexico, and a cultural change in the U.S. away from drug use (where do you think most of the cartels’ money comes from?) But, that probably won’t happen until somebody famous gets killed. After all, what does it matter if us peasants die, as long as its nobody important?
The violence has already moved north, with Hispanic gangs like MS-13 gaining footholds in our major cities. And it will get worse unless we do something pronto.
The gangs like MS-13 are utterly disposable to the cartels, replaceable end-user interfaces. That should be a separate but solvable issue. Even with a mass deportation – the cartels will simply make business with the black gangs, the native-born norenos, the Rican half of the Latin Kings and the motorcycle gangs. Google the “Xalisco Boys”. One kiosk goes away, another comes on-line to replace it. We would be better off clandestinely domestically producing copies of the harder drugs, so that the supply chain doesnt need to touch Latin America. Marco Rubio may have taken a step in the direction of steering the cocaine trail out of Mexico with the Colombian Free Trade Agreement (Mexico became valuable passthrough territory after NAFTA). Gird your loins, Florida, Charleston, Wilmington and Norfolk.
“There is no valid comparison with the Palestinians. The Palestinians have bought into a Hitlerian national delusion where the population would like nothing more than to destroy the Jews.”
I think there is a case to be made that mexicans have “bought” into the false narrative that the US STOLE their land and they want nothing more than to invade with their sheer numbers and destroy the US. They certainly never let a nano-second go by without showing their contempt for us.
Those evil Mexican immigrants. Forcing innocent law abiding Americans to hire them!
Dumbest thing ever is to blame someone for opportunism. We weren’t hiring them when they weren’t here and we didn’t complain abot the prices we were paying.
These people are law breakers – they have unlawfully broken into another country.
Please be my guest to break into their country and then let me know how hospitable they are to you…….
Lolly;
Dumbest thing ever is to blame someone for opportunism.
So you shouldn’t be blaming the Mexicans either. Double standard here, dear. It takes two to break our laws.
“I think there is a case to be made that mexicans have “bought” into the false narrative that the US STOLE their land and they want nothing more than to invade with their sheer numbers and destroy the US. They certainly never let a nano-second go by without showing their contempt for us.”
How much of this represents the beliefs of grad-school activists, rather than the actual population?. I’ve known and worked with Mexican immigrants for the past 24 years I’ve lived in Southern California, and the only people I’ve ever heard espouse this theory are U.C. liberal arts students and organizations like this: http://www.nationalmecha.org/about.html
BRAVO!!!!
i feel exactly as you
i have a small business in a latino neighborhood and the vast majority of customers live within their means, take care of their kids, and strive to make their lives work
on the other hand, you have the younger, spanglish sect of ill-educated (some went to “college”), entitlement craving, welfare-worshiping, economically irresponsible crowd
because the latter are more vociferous and are a means to the statists ends this “profile” becomes the default for the “latino” pandering and the various platforms that appeal to this crowd
Criminals will resort to any means necessary to protect their business. Being amoral is clearly advantageous in this type of work. Does anyone seriously think that an escalation of the Mexican Govt response will actually result in less children being killed?? Prohibition at its finest!
They say money is the root of all evil but I do not think so. I think the root of all evil is someone telling someone else how to live thier lives. We can agree that some things should never be tolerated such as murder and theft but beyond that if no harm is done to others what is the reason to outlaw such activities? The very enforcement of behavior regulating laws reduces the safety of all and infringes on everyones liberty, not just those that ehgage in what ever activity that is currently forbidden.
We will never stop people fvrom doing stupid things and we should not even try unless thier stupidity harms others.
Well said!
I have no sympathy for this argument as long as those using the drugs expect me to pay for their medical care and other resulting damages. Smoking dope undoubtedly can lead to cancer and will probably lead to more house fires etc. So sales would have to have sufficient tax imposed to fund any possible resulting medical claims as well as damages caused by fires etc. All too often, those claiming rights for the freedom to take some action refuse to accept responsibility for results – step up and accept responsibility and you might find more supporters.
By that same reason you don’t: drink alcohol, ingest caffeine, stay away from OTC drugs and herbal medicines, etc.
Because the rest of us will be on the hook to pay for YOUR medical care and other resulting damages for these and other drugs.
Exactly; which means we should all be responsible for our own care. But then, I’m not one of those asking for you to pay for my care. I’m just pointing out that this is not an obvious costless decision like so many supporting decriminalization claim. I suspect most of those who would use (and abuse) decriminalized drugs are those who expect to have their medical care provided by someone else. (“Like, the cancer treatment costs like $40,000 – bummer, man – can’t like the rich people pay for me.”)
Tristan Phillips;
We’re all on the hook for paying for other people’s heart disease, the result of decades of sloppy eating habits.
sorry to quibble, but, “for it is the LOVE of money that is the root of (all kinds of) evil…”
The cartels’ best clients and U.S allies, the ones that keep them running, are Democrats – all the drug users from ghetto welfare parasites to the Hollywood and NYC elites who constantly promote the drug culture in their movies, videos and music. The U.S consumes 57% of all illegal drugs in the world (hence helping to finance the Taliban and Al Qaeda.) The infantile mentality that supports the drug culture-cartels, cannot be remedied by the equally infantile libertarian solutions being offered – legalization and isolationism.
Eric here has it right – it is all out war or capitulation and surrender. (P.S. I have lived in Mexico for 22 years.)
The idea of an all out war is appealing for some I agree but hasn’t there been a war on drugs for the last 40 years. Also, is it a war that can be won? Lets say we wave a magic wand and every drug dealer in the world is dead. How long do you really think it will take for a new generation to start. People always have and always will want to use drugs regardless of the prevailing rule of law. Someone is always going to supply this need! The only choice I see is whether we let criminals murder and profit or we regulate and adopt a harm minimizing approach. Our laws are essentially the criminals life blood. Sickening thought!
Really something has to be done. I’m tired of going to the store and finding half the cold and sinus drugs unavailable (behind the pharmacy counter – where nobody ever is) because some idiot discovered haw to make drugs with them! Why should I suffer because of some idiot? And now we hear that idiot kids are snorting nutmeg? Really? How long before our spices start disappearing behind the pharmacy counter?
Lolly;
We have to take a Darwinian approach and let the addicts kill themselves off. It’s impossible to protect people from their own stupidity.
Will legalizing drugs end the illegal drug trade?
Frankly, no. The big “growth market” in illegal drugs right now is prescription drugs that “recreational users” have found out they can get stoned on. The original drug problem in this country in the 1950s and early 60s (pre-Tim Leary & Co.) was barbiturates and amphetamines, again misappropriated prescription drugs.
Then of course there are all the clever sorts who cook up methamphetamine from OTC cold medicines, and occasionally blow themselves up in the process.
All of the above are “legal drugs”. Every one is a black-market item.
My take is that prohibitions are fundamentally useless. I also believe that if someone wants to fry their alleged brain, I’m not particularly interested in stopping them from removing themselves from the gene pool. I do insist on laws with harsh penalties for any idiot who harms someone else while going tootski, whether they’re on crack, Quaaludes, or a six-pack of Budweiser. (NB; I do not drink, or smoke, and never have, and only take those prescription drugs my family doctor tells me I need, such as for hypertension.)
But I do nor delude myself that “legalizing” the more dangerous drugs will solve the problem. The dealers will just find something else to flog to the tripping morons.
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eon
Thank you. Pardon my presumption, but I was sort of being “Diogenes” with his lamp by asking that cryptic trick question. You pass. You are the “honest man.”
Mr. de la Cruz:
Lord have mercy, the Mexican drug gangs are reverting to their savage Aztec pagan faith in doing things like this.
This is yet another reason to seal the border. If illegal immigrants can no longer cross our border, the cartels will find it that much more difficult to ove their drugs into the US.
The profits from this trade in contraband will decline, and this will decrease the pot of narco-money that is the root of the cartels’ power, which should reasonably result in less of this kind of violence being visited upon the children of Mexico.
Now, would you be so kind as clue your fellow PJM author Mr. Ruben Navarette Jr. into this chain of reasoning?
He’s so obsessed with his “Latino” song and dance that I don’t think he has retained the capability of listening to reason from an Anglo.
Many here have given up in trying to talk plain common sense into the vato.
Funny stuff.
I don’t think there’s any need to wait for it to “spill over.” Within 5 hours from the time they decide it suits their purposes, they’ll just walk across the border and proceed. Of course, maybe the Gun Runner program is going to start requiring that they actually come to El Paso and pick up their guns instead of having them delivered. In that case, I don’t imagine we can blame them much.
As to blaming American victims for the Cartels’ success: that’s what you’re doing. Blaming victims.
Are you infering that American drug users are the victims?
If so, how so? There was free choice in the decision to do them and full knowledge that it was an illegal practice (and probably not good for you). That does not denote a “victim” in my understanding of that word.
So, please tell me you didn’t mean that, because I’m sick of hearing about drug abusers being “victims”. They aren’t…but a lot of people do get victimized by them (usually their family members).
**I’m the child of alcoholics. I loved my parents; they were essentially good, loving people, but they had a problem, a self-created problem that hurt a lot of people around them. The worst thing you can ever do is allow an abuser to take on the mantle of victimhood.
Check out El Blog Del Narco to see what these cartels are up to. It makes Pablo Escobar look like an alter boy.
meant “altar boy”
If you don’t believe in the bona-fide existence of evil look no further than the Mexican drug cartels. The cartels are composed of evil men pure and simple. They care for nothing except themselves and their own greed. As one who has studied the “drug problem” for years I am coming to the conclusion that we have only two choices in dealing with these vermin:
1) Legalize marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and other controlled substances immediately in order to take the money out of the business. These scum produce, smuggle and sell drugs because there are immense cash profits to be had at very little risk. The economics of the narcotics “black market” dictate that there can be other result. Legalization will bring prices down, enable legitimate pharmaceutical companies to enter the market and allow the U.S. and Mexican governments to tax the proceeds. The cartels will either have to become “legitimate businessmen” or go into some other line of work.
2) Declare the equivalent of a “holy war” against the cartels and wade into them with the full force of the military. The cartels should be classified as terrorist organizations who are at war with the U.S. No quarter should be asked or given. Due process will have to be abandoned in favor of military tribunals and fast executions. The mass murders committed by the cartels to protect their profits prove that they do not deserve the protection of our laws. Cartel members should be chased down like rats and exterminated wherever they are found. That includes those on the U.S. side of the border. We should attack them the same way that Kurt Russell went after the “cowboys” in the last reel of “Tombstone.”
We have been trying the “middle course” for nearly forty years. We have spent hundreds of billions of dollars just to make these evil bastards rich and powerful. This should be America’s first priority after dealing with our colossal debt. After forty years of the “War on Drugs” we should either end the damn thing or fight it as a real war.
Selling drugs to stupid and willing Americans does not equate to terrorism.
I disagree to the extent that the cartels are certainly using terrorist tactics to control large areas of rural Mexico and have no compunction instigating the mass murder of civilians and police who get in their way. Try living in Juarez these days if you don’t believe this.
However if you believe that selling drugs to stupid (and willing) Americans does not equate with terrorism then you must accept the first of my proposed options. A legalization of the entire business which will destroy the vast cartel profits and largely eliminate the violence created by the need to control the “black market.” If Americans are going to spend 40 billion dollars a year on narcotics then let them buy their supplies from American pharmaceutical companies.
Murdering Americans in their own country does.
Lolly;
Most Americans are murdered by other Americans.
Comparing drug shootouts to real terrorist incidents like 9-11 is patently absurd.
40,000 deaths in Mexico do though.
1) Legalize marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and other controlled substances immediately in order to take the money out of the business.
Will legalizing drugs end the illegal drug market?
Not completely but it will shrink it to probably a tenth of it’s current size. It will also eliminate the violence inherent in the operation of any “black market” system. Why should I take the risk of illegally purchasing (say) heroin from a street dealer if I can get the same product legally? All legal businesses are subject to regulation by governmental action, by law or by Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand.” In black market economies violence is the only regulatory mechanism.
Ask yourself – Pepsi and Coke are fierce competitors but (so far) they have yet shoot it out with each other over market share.
A “tenth” of its size? Really? And you grabbed that figure out of . . . where?
I’m amazed at the naivete of would be “legalizers.”
Why should I take the risk of illegally purchasing (say) heroin from a street dealer if I can get the same product legally?
If you’re a government-certified addict you will have this option under a “legalized” system. If you’re a part-time, non-addicted heroin user, you’ll be SOL unless ou go to an illegal dealer, or get a registered addict to front you some of his — which won’t happen because the addict will be required to take his dose in the presence of licensed medical personnel. Just hope for corruption (inevitable) in the system so you don’t have to go to a dealer.
You didn’t know that many heroin users do NOT become addicted, or that a majority of cocaine users and all marijuana users are not addicts? Many smokers to not have a nicotine addiction either, and most drinkers are not alcoholics, including many heavy drinkers. My point is that well-meaning legalization policy will be enacted with total disregard for the realities of drug use and its varying effects on different populations of users.
Option 1 is out. It would leave them rich and free to pursue other criminal activities (human trafficking, etc.)
Option 2 is in. Through the might of the military at them and then … seal the border. We have our own children being murdered and without proper care and education. Let’s level the field starting at home.
I would go with option #1 even though it means holding our noses concerning the profits the cartels have already made. I would argue that by allowing American companies to supply these substances (which they did up until the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1905) the future profits of the drug lords would be almost nil.
Also, this would free up our law enforcement authorities to deal with evils such as human trafficking. A great deal of Central American and Sounth American opinion views the cartels as “folk heroes” because they see little wrong in the consumption of drugs. As a result a large portion of the peasantry willingly (or semi-willingly) abets drug production. However human trafficking is something that (I hope) all cultures find equally repugnant and there would be much more populist support for this type of enforcement among the rural peoples.
A legalization of the entire business which will destroy the vast cartel profits and largely eliminate the violence created by the need to control the “black market.” If Americans are going to spend 40 billion dollars a year on narcotics then let them buy their supplies from American pharmaceutical companies.
The notion of “legalizing” these drugs has merits, but the assumptions about the results are incredibly naive. The illegal drug trade will not go away, and here’s why: 1) The “legalized” market will be very heavily and rigidly regulated, and will be restricted to “addicts.” Here’s the totally ignored mega reality about illicit drug use: most of the users, particularly of marijuana and cocaine, are recreational users who are not addicted; the cartels will continue to provide a market for these people because they’ll be squeezed out of the legal, regulated market. 2) The cartels are left wealthy and connected, both to the political systems (including ours) and to terrorists. They will not stop being evil and ruthless, and will find other avenues to make money and extend teir control.
I just gave everyone the most likely legalization scenario based on political realities, past history, and human nature. I’m not trying to discourage the notions of legalization, just giving everyone a wakeup call as to what theat will most likley consist of.
With all respect I can’t agree. For one thing I advocate legalization of these substances for both addicts and recreational users. If recreational users can obtain drugs legally they are much more likely to use those sources than deal with criminals. It’s a bit trite but the best example is alcohol. Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 the market for illegal “bootleg” booze collapsed. During the last eighty years ther is no record of any shoot-outs between the Seagrams and Jack Daniels companies.
Addiction must be dealt with as a medical and not a legal problem. There are many addicts who can function with maintenance doses of their drug of choice. (Obviously many cannot.)
We would have to face the fact that many of the current cartel operatives would retain much of their wealth. Much like the the guys who made fortunes during Prohibition, some will go into legitimate business (like Joseph Kennedy Sr.) and others will p____s their money away.
You will not get your wish on legalizing drug use for recreational users. This is what “legalizers” are not understanding. Non-addicts will be left out in the cold. You can “advocate” all you want, but I am familiar with how politicians and policies work. In order to assuage the anxieties of those reluctant to go along with legalization, the “legalization” will be a severely limited, rigidly regulated system of clinics meant only for addicts, and no one else. I’m sorry, but that is how political reality in America works.
Alcohol is not a good example. The dynamics of drug use and its status relative to the prevailing American culture is very different from alcohol consumption.
No, this violence won’t cross the border. The Cartels know that if they take their antics into American territory, the border will be sealed so tightly, they’ll be out of business.
Seriously?
It’s already crossed over. Also, we’ve had lots of experience in this country with previous waves of drug market-fueled violence. I see no evidence that a major spillover of Mexican violence will be handled effectively. Cowardice has been raised to a virtue among our governing/ruling elite. Look at the metrosexual in the White House.
Don Rodrigo;
Our drug violence is mostly done by Americans against other Americans, not Mexican cartels.
“Americans?”
Yes, there are Americans committing drug violence, but, in case you haven’t noticed, there are millions of “uninvited” people living in America now, and they import their own violence as well.
For me it’s all about this:
“There have been almost 40,000 drug related murders since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006″
That’s 8,000 deaths a year by “violence” alone! WTH?!
The only “drug-related” murders our Feckless Leader cares about are the ones he and Calderon’ can blame on American-made firearms (other than those supplied to the cartels by either the Mexican government’s more corrupt elements, or BATFE). They provide The One with an excuse for demanding more “gun control” up here in El Norte. Calderon’ will say whatever The One wants him to, to keep all that lovely U.S. aid money flowing south.
The One doesn’t want to enforce our drug laws anymore than he wants to enforce our immigration laws. Remember, in his exalted circles, all hip, trendy and sophisticated people think doing a line of coke is fun and good for you, in addition to proving your “progressive” bonafides by figuratively flipping off “traditional values”. My guess is that after He legalizes pretty much everything, the next phase of O-Care will be a call for Taxpayer Funded Free Dope For Life For All Truly Good, Sensitive, And Caring People. (You know, all the ones who ride in limousines and reliably contribute to, and vote for, Democrats.)
As for Calderon’ (whose name reminds me of Crockett & Tubbs’ main pain-in-the-arse on “Miami Vice”), he only began caring about the problem when people in Mexico started marching and telling him, “Deal with the cartels one way or another, or you won’t be President after the next election, a$$hole.” All he cares about is his job. What he will actually do will pretty much depend on who pays him the most. (Look up the definition of “mordida” sometime. It’s the Mexican way, and almost indistinguishable from the Chicago version.)
Leadership isn’t this bunch’s strong suit. And the cartels know it. The only question is will they try to roll these two, or just get rid of Calderon’ and do a deal with Mr. HopeN’Change?
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eon
If Prohibition did not work, in a much less liberal society (IMHO), I do not see how an all-out drug war today can be successful. That having been said, I wish I knew the answer.
Even Reagan said “Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.”
Paging Jack Pershing.
I don’t believe an all out drug war will work. You would simply see the MSM and the progressives working to sabotage the effort right from the get go. If you’re not prepared to legalize most of these drugs and you really want to stop the traffic then like it or not you climb into the same cesspool as the cartels. You dust off the waterboards and start getting information on the enemy and start filling holes in the desert. No judge, no jury just justice. You work your way up the ladder, gaining names at every step and exercising no mercy. You keep doing this until they either give up and start a Subway franchise or they run out of people. Then you hope and pray that the ones who fought and won this war can hold onto their sanity and their souls.
Muslim terrorist organizations are working with Mexican drug cartels. That is why there is beheadings and other cruel barbarism. And the deliberate targeting of innocent children is something that has been done for years by the Islamo Nazis to Jewish children in Israel. It was also perpetrated on infidel Beslan school children.
Our borders are DELIBERATELY left unguarded. Many Muslim terrorists (and weapons of mass destruction?) have already easily crossed our border. Waiting for the right time to strike.
Helping with Islamic terror, Muslim terrorist training camps are allowed in America. Google: Muslim terrorist training camps in America.
Our military are NOT needed in Iraq and Afghanistan; they are urgently needed in America on our borders!
The gangs are indeed, here in America. We had better do something fast about the horror in Mexico. Don’t think this horror can’t happen here.
Two fences and a mine field in between them and another minefield on US side of fence.
caulderon is spineless…his solution is to ship his people over here. we need to seal off the boarders and begin deportations. sure mabye some can stay. but face facts here people. mexico is an S hole. its going down hard and fast. either we seal the boarders (abandoning lots of decent people in the process) or we wait and go down with it. its not a plesant choice. but neccesary. there is no honor or nobility in destroying our country for a country that has brought this on themselves. it needs for the mexican people to rise up and take down these cartels and corrupt govt, not handouts from us and NOT for us to engage in another useless war for freedom for a people not willing to do it themselves. America was founded by a bunch of malcontents that took on the most powerful army, navy in the world!We can no longer support a massive influx of low skilled immigrants whos only skill is to reproduce, not can we afford to police the world and fight for thoes who hate us in the end
This article, and many I have seen, seem to indicate that the Mexican government is somehow at fault. Governments cannot stop the violence and murder of its people, only the community itself can stop this. Each one of these murderers are Mexican, who belongs to a family with fathers, mothers, wives, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and children. When these neighbors, parents, wives, sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles turn them into the authorities, and also turn in corrupt officials, then we will see the country heal. This has to occur jointly with the military, the government but particularly the community. As in the Muslim community, as in Greek/Turks/Armenians, as in English/Irish the only end to violence offurs when the community stands up and stops it themselves. It is not easy, in fact it is very difficult but it is the only way.
The solution to this is to execute every drug user and drug dealer on the spot. No lawyers, no trials. Air bomb the cartels hide outs. They need to be exterminated off the face of the planet.
The Democrats can hardly wait to get these people in the U.S. and take their campaign contributions and votes.