>>Latest Mexican drug violence:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/wl_afp/mexicocrimeviolenceprison_20100614215425>>
>>Those numbers are comparable to, if not higher than casualty figures from Iraq or Afghanistan.
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>>So, why is the former "drug-related violence", and the others are wars?
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>I hear "War on Drugs" all the time...although the end result of this "war" is that by having this "war" and making drugs illegal, the ones who seem to benefit the most are the very ones that are causing the violence to begin with (aka - drug lords)
Yeah, "war on drugs" - I used to think that was hyperbole, but maybe not anymore.
It's probably in drug lords' best interests to assassinate any politician who tries to legalize drugs. Can't have the government muscling in on their turf, you know.
Regards. Al
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