On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I may have sent this link before,  but for those interested in what's
> happening in northern Mexico this book is very insightful.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-ebook/dp/B0016P7SH6
>
>
>  The writer of this book tells it well.  Perceptive and accurate, his
> account of the wild men and macho drug-cowboys..
>
>  I've been a traveler in Mexico since my grade school days.  There have
> always been Bandits.  Way back in the 60s when my parents took us kids
> overland to Acapulco, we were repeatedly warned of highway robbers on the
> stretches between Nogales/Juarez and Mazatlan. Told to 'Never stop for
> anyone in remote areas'.   Now a days, they just have assualt rifles and
> the
> press has 'caught' hold of the "Drug-Wars" theme.
>  The danger of traveling down there probably HAS increased.  Assualt rifles
> can shoot lots of bullets and plenty of the Narco-banditos are using their
> own product.  A buncha drunk, strung-out, coked-up guys with AR-15s ?  Not
> good!
>
>  Would we solve Mexico's lawlessness by legalizing most drugs in the US?
> Probably not.
>

I agree with that statement--absolutely agree.  But the fact that there is
an (at least) decades-long tradition of lawlessness there only emphasizes
how irresponsible it is for us to have drug prohibition.  The relative
wealth of the US and our close proximity are just going to pour fuel into
that fire.

And, thinking outside of Mexico, look at the support we are giving to groups
like the Taliban and the cartels in Columbia.  If billions of dollars of
American money is going to go to these thugs and terrorists, it should be
through the traditional means of our corrupt government supporting their
corrupt government with foreign aid and arms deals, dang it!

mike