by Jack Lee
Here we go again, Iraq, Afghanistan and now. . .Mexico.
Afghanistan is what we consider a terrible war zone with death and danger around every rock or turn in the road. 1,900 people died from war there last year, but lets put that carnage into perspective. 9000 people died in a drug war in 2009 in Mexico and most wre murdered in the most violent and morbid ways; beheadings, acid attacks, electrocution, bombs, burnings, even being fed to pet lions.
(Map shows drug routes and main points of entry for drug gangs) From a news article in Mexico…”It was a brutal massacre even by the gruesome standards of Mexico’s drug war: 72 migrant workers gunned down by the “Zetas” – arguably the country’s most violent cartel – The Zetas have a fearsome reputation, but the real surprise is they learned their bloody trade at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, trained by US Special Forces.”
These were Mexican soldiers, recruited in Mexico for special duty because of their high standards. They were given the best of training in the US and once they returned to Mexico they easily turned to the dark side. How could that be? Mexico’s Special Forces earn $300 a month, as cartel members they can earn as much as $30,000 a month or more, as soldiers their families are more at risk too. There is no way Mexico can compete with those wages or intimidation tactics, the country is losing the drug war. And the worst part…its all paid for by American’s consuming their illegal products. This is America’s war make no mistake and blood is on the hands of every fool in America using illegal narcotics. American consumers are pulling the cartels with all their violence into a city near you. So don’t tell me busting drug users is so unfair, tell that to the families of those murdered by cartels.
It is currently estimated by the DEA that over 400 cities in America are drug distribution points for Mexican cartels.
Nice thing about a drug war: there will always be drugs, so you will always have a war. A war we cannot possibly win, yet that will not stop us from spending millions on it. The bureaucrats who make a living off the war–along with the criminal element, and easily-duped voters–are the only people who still want the death and wasted money that is the only result of this war.
I’m curious Quentin, if we dropped the drug war what do you think would happen?
Also, do you believe there is any way to reduce drug use in America?
We can’t win a war on rape either, so should we leglize rape? Q I supose we could wipe out all crime – if we only legalized it. This would be like surrendering and society would be worse off for it. Much, much.
Why would anyone think having an abudnance of drugs loose in society would not be harmful?
One way to take down the Great Society is get everybody with a character weakness or addictive person ality disorder on habit forming narcotics. That should really do a number on motivations and progress. Addicts would be real interesting parents too.