Napolitano: Mexican drug war 'not a failure'

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Monday that the war on drugs in Mexico "is not a failure."

At a press conference in Mexico City after meeting Mexican Interior Minister Alejandro Poire, Napolitano called the drug policies of both Mexico and the United States "a continuing effort to keep our peoples from becoming addicted to dangerous drugs."

Napolitano also said that among the things discussed at the meeting with Poire was how to have a more regional approach to a number of security issues threatening the United States, Mexico and Central America.

Asked why, in spite of efforts by both Mexico and the United States, the leader Mexico's most powerful criminal organization -- the Sinaloa drug cartel -- remains at large, Napolitano implied it's only a matter of time before Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman falls.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-napolitano/index.html

[bahrbearian]

1. Its not a failure , we meant for people to die and suffer.

[saras]

2. And to demonize drugs, not our war, as the cause.

[Uncle Joe]

9. Precisely, saras

[Fumesucker]

3. Democrats, the reality based party..

Right?

[LetTimmySmoke]

4. What planet is she living on that she thinks the War on Drugs is not a failure?

[appal_jack]

5. Reality: Napolitano is indeed 'a failure'

The drug war is an even bigger failure though.

K&R in the hopes that we choose wiser leaders, for both our party and our nation, in the future.

-app

[davepc]

6. Of course it isin't, billions have flowed into the military-industrial complex!

A rousing success!

[Earth_First]

7. Well of course it isn't...there are BILLIONS being made by the wealthy and well-invested class...

It's all a matter of perspective.

There's PLENTY of winning happening every day!

[Skye G.]

8. really? not a failure?

We have been "warring" against drugs since Nixon. If Guzman falls another will take his place. My eye's were opened to what goes on in Mexico when I read The Plaza by Guillermo Paxton. I don't buy that we are winning anything. Yup, someone is making a ton of $$$ on this at the cost of a lot of human lives.

[crimsonblue]

10. FFS.

Just make pot legal, already. Who really wants to do coke, meth, or heroin when you are stoned out of goard watching Beerfest for the eleventy-billionth time, single-handedly keeping your local Jimmy Johns franchise in business with your 2:30am orders? Oh college, how I miss thee.