[ImJustAnotherOkie]

And who trusts the troops

[grobdriver]

And who trusts the troops

Precisely.

We had trouble enough with "blue on blue" attacks in Afghanistan - will the Colombian "Plata o plomo" approach be applied to the Mexican troops by the cartels?

[virgil]

I don’t trust Mexican troops. Whatever we teach them, they’re liable to teach the cartels. All it takes is money.

[larrytown]

Isn’t this similar to how the Zetas formed, from trained mexican military ranks?