| | |  Editorials | Opinions | July 2009 
Mexico Drug War Questions for Calderon
 Abdul Brinson - PVNN
| | President Calderon said that the future of Democracy is being threatened, and that he has corrupted officials within his government. | |
President Calderon has criticized politicians who want to tolerate gang behavior. He has said that the country has seen more than 10,800 deaths in organized crime since 2006. Drug cartel and crime gangs are recruiting young people without hope, families, opportunities, futures, beliefs or convictions.
So I ask the President some questions; Why do young people in the country have more hope in gangs and cartels than what the Mexican government can offer its own people? If the youngsters are forced into gangs, then why can't there be more governmental programs and funds to enhance communities for the positive growth of youths?
Not only that, but drugs are a major source of income that comes into Mexico, and if the Mexican Government cannot match however much money that is being dealt in place of drug money, then the country is in for a long, bloody, messy war that will lie ahead.
I would like for the people of Mexico to understand this, if they want to see a better, and safer community, then it will take more time, and strength to be able to endure through such tough times. I would also like for them to know that they should not blame their President. Mexico has had this ongoing problem for many years, and President Calderon and his government may have to do some things that may upset people, but it would help solve some problems that his country is enduring.
There is too much killing that goes along with dealing drugs, and if there cannot be a dramatic drop in deaths, then the government must buy all land from suspected growers or forceable remove them without pay. If there is land in Mexico that is harvesting drug crops, then that property must come under the control of government, with no questions asked, with no ability to contend in the court of law.
This may cause an outbreak in fighting, but the Mexican military has to "go all out" and crush the opposers. If they do not want to seize land then they must increase the number of troops, and subdue crime gangs, and drug cartels.
Maybe the Mexican government does own suspected land to harvest drugs, if so then the government needs to seriously hammer down on the violence, and put it to a stop. You cannot allow for violent crime to run the country.
President Calderon said that the future of Democracy is being threatened, and that he has corrupted officials within his government. Corrupted officials must be rooted out immediately, and replaced in an emergency just like what the country of Honduras did when it was found out that their President indeed violated their constitution.
There may be some negative results for getting rid of evil politicians, like for instance more violent actions, or threats. But in the long term the country will get better. I believe that there are major heavyweights within the government and drug industry who do not want to see the drug movement stop, and it may not stop.
But what the immediate goal should be is to get the killing to stop, and if that calls for an all out military offense and curfew hours to get violent crime to dramatically drop within the borders, then it is up to true Mexican citizens to see that their country thrives and violence is decreased.
I do not believe that there are Mexican families who accept what is going on and say to themselves "the killing of people are okay, it doesn't bother me." If an overwhelmingly amount of people, including government officials in Mexico want to deal drugs, then their attitudes about what they are doing is "messed up," negative, and poor.
For it to be this amount of deaths over the movement of drugs means that it is not in the best interest of their people to be involved with such activity, especially when you have to kill each other and cannot be diplomatic with your differences. President Calderon is right when he said the future of Democracy may be at stake. So I ask myself, if that happens will Communism show that its form will be in the best interest of the Mexican people?
Assistant Attorney General Larry Breuer says that the United States is winning the war on drugs. I disagree, if the U.S. is winning the war on drugs then it is not clearly evident on the streets of America. In my opinion, if Mexico is not winning the war on drugs, then how can the United States be? The F.B.I. has the statistical information needed to truly know if they are, and where most of the drugs are coming from. |
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