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The U.S. Role in Mexico’s Drug War

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Posted on Jul 30, 2008
Avi Lewis Mexico

Washington’s role in Mexico’s drug war, from the $400 million in annual military aid to the U.S. security contractors teaching torture techniques to Mexican police, is often ill-reported in the mainstream media. Canadian journalist Avi Lewis and the “Inside USA” television crew look critically into the conflict that has killed 1,800 people so far this year alone.

Inside USA:

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h/t to NarcoNews.com

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By yellowbird2525, August 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm Link to this comment

1st of all: LISTEN to what the woman is saying: it started with the USA going to “create” a package with NAFTA & NAU; USA sends torture trainees; BUSH went to the POPE: folks: the problem is NOT the Pope, NOT the immigrants (yes there is a definite problem!) but THE SOURCE of the problem sits on Capitol Hill & is known as Congress, the VP & P; The MEXICAN FOLKS DETEST Clinton & Bush for it; THEY do NOT want it either! (get a CLUE!) there was NO WMD, NO links found between Iraq & Suddam Hussain in exhaustive search! the GOV of the USA refused to post on internet; suddenly a “book” (have own publisher folks & writers to!) escape from Mayham appeared & the Pope came to USA; NOW: the CHURCHS in USA are USED by TA DA! the GOV of the USA for TRAINING by profession speakers who know HOW to skillfully persuade folks on mental, emotional ways on “how no one is illegally here in USA”; I KNOW! I was invited to LEARN IT! At the United Methodist Church here in Medford Oregon; WAKE UP AMERICANS! one would THINK that citizens had sufficent brain power to understand & realize & fully completely comprehend that our Gov uses to the max ever single part of psychology it can; it tells the churchs APPEALING to it’s emotions: whatever sob story they came up with today; the POPE is told the same; WE the citizens of the USA are being set up to take the blame for all the faults ever created in the world cuz they are MASTERS at projecting THEIR faults onto others; by the way, speaking of drugs, anyone care to share why the CIA has 3 airplanes filled with drugs that went down? HELLO! Let me guess: trying to control the drug cartels so they are the ones actually in control of the market like everything else? just a guess

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By Spinoza750, July 31, 2008 at 8:46 pm Link to this comment

Sorry wrong link. This exemplifies the mentality of the USA.


http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/388.html

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By Spinoza750, July 31, 2008 at 8:07 pm Link to this comment

http://www.brasschecktv.com/

Plan Colombia and Plan Mexico are just more of the capitalist system rite large.  They call it competition or the servival of the fittist.

Prepare for a civil war. Fight Fascism.

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By Nancy, July 31, 2008 at 4:14 pm Link to this comment
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Yeah, right yellowbird. And I suppose they are INNOCENT of selling illegal drugs to buy up our land….drive fancy cars and curse us to our faces. Uh-huh. Their drug war is spilling into our country and before u know it, it won’t be about the DRUGS, but our land and our very right to live. You think we ought to feel so guilty we lay right down and die, huh? You are CLEARLY one of the propagandist. Tell us another one before that one gets old….

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By yellowbird2525, July 31, 2008 at 2:26 pm Link to this comment

don’t blame the immigrants blame the SOURCE: which is our Gov; Bill Clinton went to Mexico & hobnobbed with their Pres; $ changed hands (amazing for a country so broke it cannot even treat its vets & pay their disability) has billions to give to other countries heads to get their way isn’t it? Then the large Corps working hand n hand with them started flooding Mexico with far cheaper corn than the folks could raise & sell which is their main agriculture; so, the mega Corp’s against Mexico’s Constitution & Article 25 stating only CITIZENS could own the land & they had the water rights: lost their lands to the Mega Corp’s; they bitterly hate the USA, Clinton esp & Bush; once here (if legalized) the injured on the jobs only 15% of them get workmans comp; or disability; different to the $ & perps given to the other ones brought in under “refugees” with benefit’s; NOTICE: now, corn is at an all time high; with the MEGA CORPS reaping the profits; SAME thing done in the Everglades of Florida folks with sugar; do NOT think this is for “environment” at all; in country after country this same scenario is being played out; even the civil unrest in S. Africa can be traced with it’s corrupt home office to the White House & Mega Corp’s folks; then the MAJOR $ spent that the USA doesn’t have of course, goes to the professional liars teaching everyone how to know that their are no illegals; all are legal here in USA; properly trained by professionals to appeal at all levels: intellect & emotions; they then “stage” a town hall meeting; after being told what to say & how to say it; & practicing until they have it down pat; interesting how every single state & many times multiple cities in the same states all have an “i served in Iraq but my mother is illegal”; propaganda bs folks: and right on tv the St legislatures promise any friends, etc, coming into the states will be given drivers licenses, & NO 2nd class citizens HERE: meaning money, brand new cars, trucks, etc; oh, the “land” the Gov & the Corp’s like Absolut want you to believe was in the USA that was “stolen” WAS STOLEN IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY! by the Gov of the USA & the mega corps; (things that they do NOT want YOU to know); wonder if it is “drug wars” or civil war in Mexico; cuz the man here spoke of civil war in Mexico due to the NAU, Corp’s taking their land, & the corruption in their country since USA went their; oh, and of course: Mexico now refers to the USA as Nacion de Imigration on the Mexican channel I get; no longer the USA folks: and per Gerald Rivera on Jay Leno show: promoting his book Hispanic: “they” Corp’s & Gov have not yet determined whether the blacks or browns will get the roofing jobs; (but you can make darn sure it will NOT be citizens of the USA); Bush gave $483m to get as many citizenship papers thru as they could; (worthless as $3 bills cuz path to citizenship not followed; TIME has come the walrus said to speak of many things; don’t blame the Pope; he gets told the same BS Obama is handing out: WE the citizens of the USA are the great scourge of the earth; we pull babies from mothers arms as they flee for refugee in churchs; (remember the Jews & what was done” reason that our “official leaders” call Germany the fatherland; oh, look up motherland & you will see homeland security who is busy playing war games with FBI in Colorado; WHAT? you didn’t KNOW? google homeland security takes bribe for Bush’s library; (in UK) not of course to be seen in the USA;

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By jhm, July 31, 2008 at 9:08 am Link to this comment
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I note that Hon. Sen. McCain’s tour of both Colombia and Mexico, and support for Plans Colombia and Mexico.  We can presume that he feels a Surge has succeeded in these countries as well.

I wonder how many Americans appreciate the scale of these conflicts?

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By martin weiss, July 30, 2008 at 7:02 pm Link to this comment

Of course the cure costs more than the ailment. The penalty is far worse than the crime, etc.

Take the profit out.

Take the profit out of the privatized prison system, the “war” in Iraq, the profit out of illegal drugs. Take the incentives out for prosecutors to rack up numbers of convictions. Take the profit out of elected office and who would want the job?

The underlying theme is profit. It will be like pulling teeth to get the vested interests out of their controlling role in gov’t. Until that is done, few of our chronic problems will be solved even though proven solutions are readily available. Innovation will be stifled, even though it is America’s most marketable product.
And our gov’t. will be run by crooks in an alcoholic stupor, some of whom may actually be ignorant enough to believe non-violent drug offenders should be incarcerated at a cost of thirty thousand a year each, making our most talented, adventurous youth criminals and wasting their potential contribution to society. Some of these two-martini lunchers may actually believe the billions spent on the drug “war” not only help, but do no harm.
Take the profit out and the vested interests will change.

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By Reubenesque, July 30, 2008 at 12:40 pm Link to this comment
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The only industries the U.S. seems to be able to grow are authoritarian (people control) in nature.  The “war on drugs” and the “war on terror” are two prime examples.  As we have seen, the prosecutors of these “wars” soon engage in as egregious tactics as and even worse than those that they would oppose.  As these fruitless (there are more drugs and more terrorists than ever) endeavors proceed they become self-perpetuating as they are politicized and privatized to the extent that they become “capitalistic blocs” with lobbyists and doled-out monies to elected polititians. Our ever-growing prison systems are another prime example of this phenomenon.

It is ironic that we now contest this “war on drugs” against our own firearms, the counter-border flow of which enriches daring opportunists in like manner to drug transporters.

I see no end to this lunacy as long as the populace buys into the authoritative and pious fear-mongering of government and religion.  We are doomed until a new age of reason and enlightenment prevails.

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By Nancy, July 30, 2008 at 11:48 am Link to this comment
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The Catholic church is a traitor to the American people! DOWN WITH THE VATICAN AND THEIR EVIL MINIONS!

The bible also says: THOU SHALT NOT STEAL. And that is exactly what the American citizens who support these illegals are doing….stealing from American citizens who are their closest neighbors and giving it to people who are breaking our laws. Who’s the biggest sinner now, Satan? Even Satan can quote scriptures when it suits his purposes…

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