So a couple posts in "justa joke" got me on this subject. I think we all recognize that there has been a huge drug problem for a long time. Nixon declared "public enemy #1" in 1971, the DEA created in '73. How's that going now?
So, we can go to the ME and declare war on Islamic Terrorists that killed 3,000 folks in the Towers, on Flight 93 and the Pentagon on 9/11, yet can't employ the same against MEX Cartels that, by and large, are the source of illicit drugs that kill 100,000 each year!?
Combating drugs in the country is analogous to combating a leaking roof: you can run around the house with buckets and such, catching all the drips (local police), or you can go up on the roof and repair the source of intrusion (military action on Cartels).
Is the difference in policy because of the difference in socio-economic status of the victims?, the respected sovereignty of the country involved?, or something else?
So, we can go to the ME and declare war on Islamic Terrorists that killed 3,000 folks in the Towers, on Flight 93 and the Pentagon on 9/11, yet can't employ the same against MEX Cartels that, by and large, are the source of illicit drugs that kill 100,000 each year!?
Combating drugs in the country is analogous to combating a leaking roof: you can run around the house with buckets and such, catching all the drips (local police), or you can go up on the roof and repair the source of intrusion (military action on Cartels).
Is the difference in policy because of the difference in socio-economic status of the victims?, the respected sovereignty of the country involved?, or something else?