U.S. preparing integrated plan on Mexico drug war

[The abyss]

Source: Reuters

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working on an integrated plan to address Mexico's escalating war with drug traffickers and could complete work on the initiative as early as this week, a top U.S. military official said on Tuesday.

Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, who oversees U.S. military interests on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border as the head of Northern Command, told the Senate that the plan would likely involve all agencies of government including law enforcement and the military.

Among the priorities are likely to be measures to deal with violence that spills over the U.S. border, the flow of small arms from the United States to Mexico, support for the Mexican military, tightening border security and the spreading presence of Mexican cartels in U.S. cities.

The military is already employing border security techniques mastered in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, including unmanned aerial vehicles and technology capable of locating underground tunnels.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN17499117

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Edit for direct Reuters link. Evidently Yahoo isn't pushing this one anymore.

[jody]

1. I like the "war with Error!" which may aptly describe our foray into Mexico. n/t

[The abyss]

4. LOL I didn’t notice that bug.

But, the link does work.

Still laughing… I love it! War with Error!

[derby378]

2. Who or what is "Error! Hyperlink reference not valid?"

Whomever it is, Mexico appears to be at war with it. :silly:

[OhioChick]

3. .....

:rofl:

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Sorta weird, - ever since the USA changed the name of the Department of WAR to the Dept of DEFENSE

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They, the "Department of Defense" -

Have been declaring war on EVERYTHING, and anyone . .


Take the name back, because the DoD is definitely in the game of WAR,

not defense . . . .

(sigh)

[amandabeech]

6. I hope that this is not the tip of the iceberg.

The last thing I want my tax money to do is to support the U.S. military and law enforcement going into Mexico not to help the Mexican people regain control of their country, but instead to protect NAFTA plants manufacturing goods for the U.S. with cheap labor.

To protect those plants would be to socialize expenses while privatizing profits.

[Oldenuff]

7. What a pity...but not unexpected

That we as a country continue to shovel good money after bad in a losing war on drugs.The war is over,and drugs won,but the government will continue to turn a blind eye to the obvious,and continue to sink boatloads of money in an effort to appear to be doing the right thing.

Makes you really wonder who they are protecting.