US Guns & Mexico Drugs
Lenfu on August 17th, 2008
Things are not getting better in Mexico. President Calderon has now assigned 40,000 troops to the Open Drug war which encompasses the entire Country. The thing that I cannot understand is how we, the United States is adding to the troubles which our neighbors to the south are having to endure. Before I get into that, let’s cover some ground by giving some numbers which anyone can understand. The numbers represent the number of Drug Linked killings and murders in Mexico, most of them are on the US/Mexican border.
Total Number in Mexico in 2007: 2,673
Total Number in Mexico in 2008: 2,682 (as of this month and counting)
The Drug Cartels are have become more violent and ruthless. They have not only attacked the police but their families as well. They have bombed, assassinated, kidnapped and used terror tactics to impose their power upon the innocent communities and towns. These Cartels have long been in Mexico and are not deeply rooted into the landscape unfortunately…. But recently new things have been happening which have really impacted the USA and the influence on the troubles our neighbors to the south….. US gun manufactures are selling weapons, and I don’t mean just to the Mexican Government. (mad)
More and more munitions and weapons companies are poised on the US/Mexico border, spaning from California to Texas. This is just so wrong! How can we as a responsible citizen allow for this to happen? More than that, how can our Government just allow this to go on? Those Cartels wouldn’t be in power if we didn’t give them so much buisness (I know this), but we have to compound this issue by not only increasing our desire for drugs but sell them weapons to keep their terriory as well? WTF! If people cannot see that NOTHING GOOD COMES OF DRUGS, I don’t know what else to say, other than…… We as a country need to really get off the fence, start being more morally responsible with how we do business because all our BS has been / is / will be coming back to bite us in the ass!
Links:
Mexico drug war’s costs, risks exported to U.S.
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U.S. guns arm Mexican drug cartels
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In 8 months Mexico drug-linked killings top 2007 total
ps: People who do drugs, aren’t only killing themselves, wake the fuck up!
in a 12 hour MTB race near San Antonio with Ed. I went for support originally, but he talked me into riding. What a lesson in humility that was… :s
