U.S. Joint Forces Command released a report warning that “any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response.”
I think Mexico has been in collapse for quite a while. And it’s way past time for American action.
Remember Ramos and Compean?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6212148.html
Chertoff: Military ready if drug gangs cross border Homeland Security plan also accounts for possible border surge by refugees fleeing the violence.
[snip] Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that federal SWAT teams and military units are prepared to respond to Mexican drug gangs in the event they cross the Rio Grande and confront U.S. law officers.
The forces, another department official said, also stand ready to manage any surge to the border by Mexicans panicked by the cartels’ violence. The second department official said federal forces were prepared to respond to ``a number of different contingencies’’ ranging from cross-border raids or kidnappings by Mexican drug gangs to refugees storming the border. ``The plan can be scaled to the emergency,’’ the official said.