[AuntB]

CBS actually presented this, with all the disgusting facts, on their nightly news.

Even AP, this week states: Mexican drug smugglers pose top crime threat

Associated Press Dec. 15, 2008, 6:34PM http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6166344.html

[AuntB]

"How do you begin to understand that so many people are dying in Mexico? More than 5,000 casualties because of "narcotrafficking." That’s more than all of the American troops that have died fighting an actual war in Iraq. It is hard to keep a tally, but Mexico´s El Universal newspaper does a good job of keeping score."

[OldNavyVet]

Individuals in Mexico cannot own guns.

Drive into Mexico ... and get caught with one empty shell casing in your glove compartment ... You are in BIG trouble.

[Yo-Yo]

Not to minimize the problems across our border to the south, but it is disingenuous to compare 5,000 murder victims in Mexico with US troop deaths in Iraq, without also including the thousands of civilians in Iraq that have been murdered by Suni-Shia violence.

[whitedog57]

What is perplexing is that the drug dealers whereabouts are known. In fact, they often live in the same neighborhoods (look for big houses, gated communities with tons of security).

This, unfortunately, is a failure of democracy and the legal system. Democracy requires some degree of cooperation from its citizens.

The next step is to bomb the gangs and wipe them out. However, this is so dangerous in terms of the rule of law, but sometimes it gets to that point.

[RC2]

Nothing in Mexico will change until the people standup and do something. That’s the problem with the illegals in this country. They will sit back and let the government handle things for them. I have always had a problem with people that will willingly leave their country instead of trying to change things.

[Eagles2003]

Stupid people fail to realize that illegal aliens kill over 4000 people per year right here in the USA.

The buttheads in the media got all upset by the body count in Iraq but never said a word about the carnage at home caused by people who shouldn’t be here.

[SmallGovRepub]

“Let’s hear that figure again: more than $10 billion in cash trickling, in some shape or form, into the Mexican economy.”

The Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates that Mexican drug trafficking organizations are grossing $13.8 billion a year selling drugs to Americans, $8.6 billion from marijuana alone.

[GauchoUSA]

That is a real suprise, you would think all of the liberal nutcases would keep these news down since they need their drugs to come up with new ways to ruin our country.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Let me re-write this to more closely match reality.

First, CBS: "Mexico has a serious drug problem these days. So serious that over 5,000 people have died this year due to drug-related violence. More than 5,000 dead. And that number keeps growing every day."

Now, let's clarify: "Mexico has a serious prohibition problem these days. So serious that over 5,000 people have died this year due to prohibition-related violence. More than 5,000 dead. And that number keeps growing every day."

There is nothing inherent in drugs or the production, manufacture and marketing of drugs that leads to violence. The same cannot be said for Prohibitions. Prohibitions always lead to crime, violence, corruption and murder.

With drug prohibition, you can have as much crime and violence as you want, just continue it and just "crack down".

[SwinneySwitch]

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[winodog]

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