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   From: no@spam.here   
      
   "B1ackwater"  wrote in message news:49cb85c1.10498   
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   > (CNN)- The United States shares the blame for Mexican drug trafficking   
   > and the attendant violence that has killed thousands in the past year   
   > alone, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.   
   >   
   > "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade," she   
   > said en route to Mexico City, Mexico, according to pool reports.   
   >   
   > "Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across   
   > the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police   
   > officers, soldiers and civilians. So, yes, I feel very strongly we   
   > have a co-responsibility."   
   >   
   > - - - - - -   
   >   
   >    Oh yea ... we have 'a co-responsibility' alright,   
   >    because we CONTINUE THE IDIOTIC "DRUG WAR", that's   
   >    why ! It's the same responsibility politicians and   
   >    police in the 1920s had for large-scale criminal   
   >    organizations and violence when they tried to wage   
   >    a 'booze war'.   
   >   
   >    THEY wised-up after about ten years ... but HOW long   
   >    has the 'drug war' been going on - since the 30s !   
   >    The holy-roller & authoritiarians replacement for   
   >    the lost prohibition ... except they get to arrest   
   >    even more 'minorities' and poor folks (gotta keep   
   >    'em in their place dontchaknow !).   
   >   
   >    Of course since the late 80s, the 'war' became BIG   
   >    BUSINESS - with untold billions spent on new prisons   
   >    (some of them for-profit facilities), lotsa new cop   
   >    junk (dogs, helicopters, test kits), gigabuck enterprises   
   >    like pee-testing people (witch/jew-hunting updated) and   
   >    let's not forget all the KICKBACKS to politicians and   
   >    cops both from the legal AND illegal side of the biz.   
   >   
   >    Great excuse to meddle in the affairs of other countries   
   >    too, isn't it ? And what happens to all that 'interdiction'   
   >    money once it's south of the border ... hmmm ???   
   >   
   >    'Drugs' are a problem because we MADE them a problem   
   >    rather than the mere annoyance they once were. All the   
   >    deaths and violence, all the corruption and pay-offs,   
   >    the generation of 'minority' youth disenfranchised and   
   >    behind bars - every bit of it must be laid at the feet   
   >    of the self-serving 'drug warriors' and their impossible   
   >    fascist crusade to dictate everyones state of mind.   
   >   
   >    And our illustrious new secretary of state - just another   
   >    stooge of the fascist cause, just another politician fully   
   >    complicit in every shot fired, every life lost, every   
   >    gigabuck wasted.   
   >   
      
   I was watching Lou Dobbs last night and he had a poll regarding whether the   
   U.S. was responsible for the drug violence in Mexico.   
   Not suprisingly 80% of the respondants said we were NOT responsible.   
   It's frankly amazing how out of touch most Americans are with the damage   
   caused by prohibiting drugs.   
   If the U.S. is not responsible through our insane drug prohibition poilicies,   
   who is?   
      
   Mel   
      
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