The amount of drugs entering our border from Mexico is quite troubling. If the U.S. and Mexico do not work together the problem will only worsen and lead to much worse problems. Mexico will continue to produce and ship more drugs into the U.S. The question should not be who is at fault, it should be how should both these countries work together to combat this problem. Both countries have enabled this problem to spread, and now they must work together to solve it. The additional funding to Mexico is a step in the right direction, and will surely help curb the problem in the meantime.
So basically this story is telling us a lot of things we already know and a few things we could've assumed ourselves. Mexico has a major drug problem: check. They want the U.S.'s money to help: check. Most of their financial income is drug cartelling: check. Just about the only thing this story doesn't say is how this coalition force plans on stopping this drug problem. They have not presented any kind of plan except possible troops sent to Mexico. Hmm, we barely have enough troops in Iraq as it is and we're going to send them to Mexico? Somehow I don't think so. Maybe when they decide what they're actually going to do about it they should do another story about it. Until then we wait.
I think sending troops into Mexico would be a horrible idea. I had no idea that we spend THAT much money to fight drug trafficking but it's a better idea than sending in troops.
Before we send more troops over to fight drug lords we should be more concerned with controlling the amount of drug use in the US. Not to mention finishing what we started in Iraq before even considering sending more troops to other countries. As far as financial aid, we should keep supporting the president in his efforts to crack down on drug trafficking
Send troops into Mexico is not a good idea. The boarder between the US and Mexico is just to big of an area even for the army to cover. The drugs will still get into the country one or another, and they will continue to get in until there is not a demand for them. The major source of the problem is in the US. If people in the US didn't want the drugs then the drug trafficers would not need to traffic them. It's as simple as that. Something needs to be about the problem at home, and not about the problem in another country.
Sending all this money and aid to different areas to attempt to control drug cartels isn't what the U.S.'s biggest concern should be. The easiest solution would be to just legalize all drugs. Let people make the decision to ruin their own lives if they want. It would cut spending and decrease violence and even possibly help the economy.
Um...I don't agree that drugs should be legalized. Then these big drug runners will just kill all the little guys and corruption will even be greater. The picture is greater and cutting spending on Columbia and giving it to Mexico sounds a like a step in the right direction.
I'm against the use of these drugs but i've heard the arguement that parsley is saying before. And when you really think about it if you made drugs a legal product and put a tax on it. It would help to curb the use because people wouldn't be able to afford it as easily. People who used to just be able to buy it would now have to pay more for it, and possibly not be able to get to buy it at all. Also like parsley said if it has a tax on it. It would put money into the economy.
It's great to see a Mexican leader finally "crack" down on drugs. For so long, leaders didn't care at all. Now we see some obvious progress that is being made in Mexico toward ending corruption, establishing a rule of law (which the people actually follow), and an economy that is based on and flourishes because of legal dealings between its citizens. And it is this progress that will lead it to become a consolidated democracy.
First off, how old is this clip? because Gonzales is definitely not the AG anymore. Troop involvement is a little much but money and technology is the best approach. Maybe Mexico is a good place to send our money to stop drug-trafficking, seeing how Colombia isn't making it happen. 24,000 is a huge commitment and I think this is a step in the right direction.
I know Mr. Dobbs said no one is planning on deploying troops to Mexico to aid in this, instead we are just going to throw money at the problem, but how would that help anyways? If we are the comsumers of all these Mexican drugs, doesn't that shift the problem to us? We have enough to worry about elsewhere... in my opinion, more important things to battle with our men and women of the armed forces. Why would we waste our time?
Just mentioning bk's logic is silly. "It would help to curb the use because people wouldn't be able to afford it as easily." Really? Really now? Remember we are the American people that can't afford proper nutrition for our family, but stand in line and purchase the latest video game system. We are the people that are so in debt that we are close to losing our homes, but still go throw away money on useless crap. Do you honestly believe a tax on drugs would make it all okay? Just cause you can't afford it doesn't mean you won't find a way. Also, rich people are more inclined to using drugs. They are no more responsible (not that you are responsible when using drugs...) just because you can afford the tax on the now legalized drugs. Think about it.
I also think it is good to see Mexico trying to come down on the drug problem. It shows progress. But if our country wasn't so addicted to illegal drugs we wouldn't have this problem and wouldn't be spending all this money on a problem that we created.
If we did somehow legalize drugs and tax them, you could easily get by that tax by just buying the ingredients to produce meth (which can be found in a simple chemistry set) or any other drug and just sell it out of your house. Same goes for marijuana easy enough to grow in your house or, if legalized, outside. so i dont think legalizing it is the answer, but i also dont think that using govt money or sending troops down to mexico will help contain the drug problem. If illegals are still get across our borders then so are the drugs.
War on Terror, War on Drugs, theres a war on everything now. Why do we fight these wars? There will always be "terror", and people will always use illegal drugs. Its good to make efforts to minimalize it but to make a "war" on something like terror is kind of weird.
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The amount of drugs entering our border from Mexico is quite troubling. If the U.S. and Mexico do not work together the problem will only worsen and lead to much worse problems. Mexico will continue to produce and ship more drugs into the U.S. The question should not be who is at fault, it should be how should both these countries work together to combat this problem. Both countries have enabled this problem to spread, and now they must work together to solve it. The additional funding to Mexico is a step in the right direction, and will surely help curb the problem in the meantime.
So basically this story is telling us a lot of things we already know and a few things we could've assumed ourselves. Mexico has a major drug problem: check. They want the U.S.'s money to help: check. Most of their financial income is drug cartelling: check. Just about the only thing this story doesn't say is how this coalition force plans on stopping this drug problem. They have not presented any kind of plan except possible troops sent to Mexico. Hmm, we barely have enough troops in Iraq as it is and we're going to send them to Mexico? Somehow I don't think so. Maybe when they decide what they're actually going to do about it they should do another story about it. Until then we wait.
I think sending troops into Mexico would be a horrible idea. I had no idea that we spend THAT much money to fight drug trafficking but it's a better idea than sending in troops.
Before we send more troops over to fight drug lords we should be more concerned with controlling the amount of drug use in the US. Not to mention finishing what we started in Iraq before even considering sending more troops to other countries. As far as financial aid, we should keep supporting the president in his efforts to crack down on drug trafficking
Send troops into Mexico is not a good idea. The boarder between the
US and Mexico is just to big of an area even for the army to cover. The drugs will still get into the country one or another, and they will continue to get in until there is not a demand for them. The major source of the problem is in the US. If people in the US didn't want the drugs then the drug trafficers would not need to traffic them. It's as simple as that. Something needs to be about the problem at home, and not about the problem in another country.
Sending all this money and aid to different areas to attempt to control drug cartels isn't what the U.S.'s biggest concern should be. The easiest solution would be to just legalize all drugs. Let people make the decision to ruin their own lives if they want. It would cut spending and decrease violence and even possibly help the economy.
Um...I don't agree that drugs should be legalized. Then these big drug runners will just kill all the little guys and corruption will even be greater. The picture is greater and cutting spending on Columbia and giving it to Mexico sounds a like a step in the right direction.
I'm against the use of these drugs but i've heard the arguement that parsley is saying before. And when you really think about it if you made drugs a legal product and put a tax on it. It would help to curb the use because people wouldn't be able to afford it as easily. People who used to just be able to buy it would now have to pay more for it, and possibly not be able to get to buy it at all. Also like parsley said if it has a tax on it. It would put money into the economy.
It's great to see a Mexican leader finally "crack" down on drugs. For so long, leaders didn't care at all. Now we see some obvious progress that is being made in Mexico toward ending corruption, establishing a rule of law (which the people actually follow), and an economy that is based on and flourishes because of legal dealings between its citizens. And it is this progress that will lead it to become a consolidated democracy.
First off, how old is this clip? because Gonzales is definitely not the AG anymore. Troop involvement is a little much but money and technology is the best approach. Maybe Mexico is a good place to send our money to stop drug-trafficking, seeing how Colombia isn't making it happen. 24,000 is a huge commitment and I think this is a step in the right direction.
I know Mr. Dobbs said no one is planning on deploying troops to Mexico to aid in this, instead we are just going to throw money at the problem, but how would that help anyways? If we are the comsumers of all these Mexican drugs, doesn't that shift the problem to us? We have enough to worry about elsewhere... in my opinion, more important things to battle with our men and women of the armed forces. Why would we waste our time?
Just mentioning bk's logic is silly. "It would help to curb the use because people wouldn't be able to afford it as easily." Really? Really now? Remember we are the American people that can't afford proper nutrition for our family, but stand in line and purchase the latest video game system. We are the people that are so in debt that we are close to losing our homes, but still go throw away money on useless crap. Do you honestly believe a tax on drugs would make it all okay? Just cause you can't afford it doesn't mean you won't find a way. Also, rich people are more inclined to using drugs. They are no more responsible (not that you are responsible when using drugs...) just because you can afford the tax on the now legalized drugs. Think about it.
I also think it is good to see Mexico trying to come down on the drug problem. It shows progress. But if our country wasn't so addicted to illegal drugs we wouldn't have this problem and wouldn't be spending all this money on a problem that we created.
If we did somehow legalize drugs and tax them, you could easily get by that tax by just buying the ingredients to produce meth (which can be found in a simple chemistry set) or any other drug and just sell it out of your house. Same goes for marijuana easy enough to grow in your house or, if legalized, outside. so i dont think legalizing it is the answer, but i also dont think that using govt money or sending troops down to mexico will help contain the drug problem. If illegals are still get across our borders then so are the drugs.
War on Terror, War on Drugs, theres a war on everything now. Why do we fight these wars? There will always be "terror", and people will always use illegal drugs. Its good to make efforts to minimalize it but to make a "war" on something like terror is kind of weird.
hey mashed potatoes... thats pretty much what U.S. government officials do, is say "we have a plan" get used to it, its polotics.
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