So by analogy, you’d be OK with American law enforcement turning a blind eye to toxic waste dumpers using the Rio Grande just as it flows into Mexico ?
As long as a few criminals in Mexico are making money cooperating with the dumpers, why should American law enforcement risk their lives trying to protect the vast majority of Mexicans who do not benefit but are only harmed by such dumping ?
No, I am not saying drugs are toxic waste. I am saying that being a good neighbor means respecting their laws and not helping your people circumvent those laws. Just like the pamphlets the Mexican government provides people advising them how to best illegally enter the US, the Mexican government is proving again it is not a good neighbor.
So by analogy, you’d be OK with American law enforcement turning a blind eye to toxic waste dumpers using the Rio Grande just as it flows into Mexico ?
Poor analogy - a better one would be American law enforcement allowing toxic waste sellers to sell to Mexicans for ultimate personal consumption.
No, I am not saying drugs are toxic waste. I am saying that being a good neighbor means respecting their laws and not helping your people circumvent those laws.
Up to a point. But if the only demonstable effect of your neighbor's laws is to make the breaking of those laws so lucrative that your domestic criminals are better armed than your government, it may be time to say, "Sorry, neighbor, we won't pay for your bluenosery with our blood."