[B Knotts]

"It's immoral for the government to have this vote," said Pedro Ricardo, an army officer in Sao Paulo. "They're putting the responsibility on us, but ... the way to cut down on violence is to combat the drug trade and patrol our borders."

This sounds oddly familiar.

[El Gato]

This sounds oddly familiar.

At least we don't have Columbian drug lords and Communist Venezuelans right on our border. Nor Maoist Shining Path guerrillas either.