Did you not read the article?
>>"One Arizona agent described the units to the paper, saying they "are active Mexican military that have sold out to the cartels."
"We talk about cooperation with the Mexican government," the agent continued, "but most of them seem to be on the take. The [Bush] administration, the DHS, they are very hushed about this."<<
The Bush administration protects, as has every other administration, the drug sources for America. BS You say. The illegal drug trade provides Mexico with more US dollars than all other industries combined. Oil, travel, manufacturing industry and even the dollars sent back by the illegals.
Afghanistan provides the US with our supply of opium/heroin. You would think that with American military forces crawling all over the country the trade would decrease. Nope, it has increased opium tonnage trade since we got there.
Don't kid yourself, this is one of those subjects that, well it's just not polite to discuss in public because it has so many trails leading back to our corrupt bureaucrats, badge carrying officials and politicians.
Drugs must be kept available and at a price the users can afford if we expect to maintain a more or less civil society. Some people go for the bottle or the can of beer the moment they walk in the door after work, others go for their style of relaxer, illegal drugs.
Ever notice increased drug trade follows U.S. military inolvement 9 out 10 times? Vietnam, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Afghanistan...