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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 757273" data-attributes="member: 12952">Mexico makes Afghanistan look civilizedJohn Farmer/The Star-LedgerThere’s a sameness about the news — more killings of the security&nbsp; forces and civilians, kidnappings, beheadings, roadside extortion and&nbsp; corruption that infects the army, police and government officialdom&nbsp; alike.The country is a failed state, a narco-state even, unable to protect&nbsp; its people or provide jobs. The young are forced into the drug trade for&nbsp; employment. Ordinary families live in fear as much of the military and&nbsp; police as of the terrorists. Many have lost faith in the war.&nbsp; Afghanistan is indeed in dreadful condition.But the state we’re describing here is Mexico.Its bloody and apparently losing battle against brazen drug cartels&nbsp; provides a grim background to the struggle in the streets, the press and&nbsp; the courts of this country over illegal Mexican immigration and what to&nbsp; do about it.The violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is worsening and raising&nbsp; fears it will spill over into this country. In recent days, 17 Mexicans&nbsp; were brutally gunned down — at a birthday party of all things. The first&nbsp; car bomb also was set off, shades of Afghanistan. And, as in&nbsp; Afghanistan, whispers are heard in Mexico that the war against the drug&nbsp; terrorists is not worth the cost.There another similarity, too — the tendency of Mexican politicians,&nbsp; like Afghanistan’s, to blame the United States for their troubles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 757273, member: 12952"] [B]Mexico makes Afghanistan look civilized John Farmer/The Star-Ledger[/B] There’s a sameness about the news — more killings of the security forces and civilians, kidnappings, beheadings, roadside extortion and corruption that infects the army, police and government officialdom alike. The country is a failed state, a narco-state even, unable to protect its people or provide jobs. The young are forced into the drug trade for employment. Ordinary families live in fear as much of the military and police as of the terrorists. Many have lost faith in the war. Afghanistan is indeed in dreadful condition. But the state we’re describing here is Mexico. Its bloody and apparently losing battle against brazen drug cartels provides a grim background to the struggle in the streets, the press and the courts of this country over illegal Mexican immigration and what to do about it. The violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is worsening and raising fears it will spill over into this country. In recent days, 17 Mexicans were brutally gunned down — at a birthday party of all things. The first car bomb also was set off, shades of Afghanistan. And, as in Afghanistan, whispers are heard in Mexico that the war against the drug terrorists is not worth the cost. There another similarity, too — the tendency of Mexican politicians, like Afghanistan’s, to blame the United States for their troubles. [/QUOTE]

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