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   "MelFranks"  wrote in message   
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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?   
   >   
   Scary isn't it.....  And some of us think that we make good decisions most   
   of the time.   
      
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