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05-07-2009, 05:36 AM
Those confused souls -blaming americans who smoke weed for the violence south of the border must have forgotten the history of the US government and law enforcement agencys hidden role in 'importing' drugs such as cocaine across the border specifically the drug called 'crack' . Well documented in Gary Webb ... 1999 book Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion from Seven Stories Press .....also a reporter for the San Jose Mecury News Webb was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
The violence south of the border more closely resembles the present Mexican government who never really won the last elections fair and square is still consolidating it's uncertain hold on power. excerpt from
Name the Dead!
By JAIME AVILÉS
Mexico City
Jaime Avilés is a columnist for the Mexican daily, La Jornada,
In Mexico we have witnessed a naked campaign against López Obrador in the last elections when he was called “a danger for Mexico”; we have seen Calderón claim power after a massively contested election claiming he would grab it “by any means”; we have then seen him back-track on all his promises, starting with that of employment, and embark on an artificial war “against” the narcos [drug industry] which succeeded only in militarizing the country and retrench his otherwise weak grab on power; we have seen him risk through these actions the national security of our country and that of the United States. So we Mexicans have clarity and maturity enough to know that Calderón is not below anything: if one day he dressed up as a soldier to launch the armed forces onto a tragic adventure, he now dons a white coat to succeed in keeping us under house arrest, sweating in panic.
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