Lurking at our borders with ever increasing boldness are the REAL TERRORISTS! Since 2006 over 28,000 and counting people have been murdered as a result. Recently 4 people were decapitated and their corpses hung on a bridge, a grisly reminder of the powerful influence that this Juarez cartel wields over the population.
*The attacks are mimicing the car bombs that we have come to know so well in Iraq. Taking a page from the Middle East, the cartel dressed a wounded man in a police uniform, and lured the cops in. When a doctor came close, they detonated a car bomb killing more people.
Despite a major funding iniative, between President Bush and President Calderon, the Mexican govt has only appropriated about 9% of it in fighting the drug wars so far. One has to wonder why? Do they really take the drug war seriously, or have they given up?
There is a lot more at stake than what appears at the surface.
The personal safety of our own citizens is now in question in Arizona.and other border states.
the safety of tourist even in Mexico coastal areas is now suspect.
the Obama administration has been strangely silent on this issue and border protection.
The greater perspective of our country's finances looms large: our illegal immigration and the lack of a cohesive drug war strategy are weighing heavily on our healthcare and law enforcement systems.
See articlehttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41450.html
As more and more money and troops are funneled into Afghanistan, I wonder why the real close and present danger is being virtually ignored. Who are we kidding here? the violence is an exploding monster, that gets bigger and bigger as it feeds unchecked. The salient question is: When will the administration wake up and address the real issue of our country's security..it had better be soon!
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