Posted on 05/07/2013 2:52:55 AM PDT by IbJensen
(US President Barack gestures as he speaks at the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Friday, May 3, 2013.)
(CNSNews.com) President Barack Obama, speaking in Mexico City on Friday, said the United States is responsible for much of the crime and violence in Mexico because of the demand for drugs and the illegal smuggling of guns across the southern border.
He told the crowd, We understand that the root cause of violence thats been happening here in Mexico for which so many Mexicans have suffered is the demand for illegal drugs in the United States. He later added, We also recognize that most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States.
Obama acknowledged the illegal smuggling of guns into Mexico by American criminals, but did not mention the Justice Departments Operation Fast and Furious that allowed the flow of about 2,000 U.S. guns to Mexican drug trafficking organizations. Fast and Furious began in the fall of 2009 and was halted in December 2010 after two of the weapons from the DOJ gun walking program were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
In the United States, we understand our responsibilities. We understand that the root cause of violence thats been happening here in Mexico for which so many Mexicans have suffered is the demand for illegal drugs in the United States, Obama said. So weve got to continue to make progress on that front.
Obama opposes legalizing drugs, but wants to approach the matter beyond just law enforcement.
Ive been asked, and I honestly do not believe that legalizing drugs is the answer, the president said. But I do believe that a comprehensive approach, not just law enforcement, but education and prevention and treatment, thats what we have to do. Were going to have to stay at it, because of the lives of our children and the futures of our nations depend on it.
He went on to talk about Americas role in fueling gun violence in Mexico and pledged to the Mexican people to push harder for gun control in his own country, referencing the Second Amendment.
We also recognize that most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States, Obama said. I think many of you know that in America, the Constitution guarantees our individual right to bear arms. As president, I swore an oath to uphold that right, and I always will.
But at the same time, as Ive said in the United States, I will continue to do everything in my power to pass common sense reforms to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people that can save lives here in Mexico and back home in the United States. Its the right thing to do, he said.
Well keep increasing the pressure on gun traffickers who bring illegal guns into Mexico. Well keep putting these criminals where they belong, behind bars, the president added.
Last month, an Obama-backed gun control measure for stricter background checks failed to pass the democratically controlled Senate.
abc - univision mexican news article
school children at birthday party gunned down with fast and furious weapons
THE BLOOD IN THE STREETS IS ON THIS ADMINISTRATIONS HANDS
After all, Mexico has a history of being such a peaceful and prosperous culture ...... superior to the uS, really
That’s why they coming here by the tens of millions, to change us for the better ...
those gangs- all the gringo fault
sarc
Actually, American drug laws are the major contributor to the problem in Mexico. That is what created the huge and highly lucrative market for the narcos in Colombia and Mexico. The USA as a source of guns is trivial because the guns will come from somewhere. Many originate north of the border but the narcos get them from Mexican government arsenals and they get plenty of AKS and other Russian designed guns from the copiously flowing pipeline that is available to any group with the money. The American contribution, other than those guns that are stolen or bought from the Mexican army, seem to be largely direct contributions from the US government in such people-to-people aid programs as Fast & Furious.
Pontificate away, Barry.
Your time is almost up.
Drip, drip, drip. Benghazi.
Remember,Mexico...good fences make good neighbors.Most people in the US (apart from Osama Obama & Pals) think Mexico is a bad neighbor.Some in Mexico...perhaps even most..think that *we* are a bad neighbor.Let's build that wall and things will be fine...for *both* nations.
Exactly... FUbo and your slut mommy.
LLS
What's absolutely infuriating is that halfrican piece of filth spewing its vile TREASON outside our borders instead of occuping the traitor's noose it so justly deserves.
Dear President Asshole. Please pack your golf clubs and Che posters and move out of this country that you hate so much. Everybody will be happier all around.
excellent
“Of course I inhaled.... isn’t that the point?” (press giggles)
He is hoping for amnesty to become a citizen.
Fast and Furious. Connect the dots.
People get high because it's there, not because they have to or go out of their way to procure drugs.
Alcohol works just fine and, again IMO (only), I'm not so sure there IS a craving for drugs.
Maybe zero likes his coke, but we in fly-over are, for the most part, too tired or committed to something else (like .. y'know .. a job, barry .. ) to really be such a massive consumer.
One more while I'm at it .... The oh zees I see the kids buy today last a week or more 'cause they're so damned expensive. Usually they cop enough to pass a few doobies around the campfire before gettin' laid.
Just sayin'
Conclusion;
There really IS no drug demand/problem in America, and if they stopped comin' in, we'd not give a rat's ass one way or another.
Oh, I didn’t realize the Apology Tour had started it’s second leg.
Has this DIC (dictator in chief) ever said anything nice about the USA?
No. The scumbag has never said anything positive about the nation a gaggle of imbeciles who elected him president so he could continually bad mouth America.
It’s time Americans engaged in civil disobedience to the extent that this weasely communist would have to step down and get his one-way ticket out of this country.
Fumigate the White Hut and elect an American to head this nation on a direction that will clean up the mess left by this Marxist fool.
An expansion of the death penalty is a sure fire remedy for the elimination of the drug culture. Kidnapping, murder and rape, et al, should be reason for public hanging.
The disgusting problem is that a jackass like this can rise from a community agitator to president thanks to the corrupt political system.
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