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Originally Posted by Sly
So Mexico is a corrupt, inefficient hellhole all because of the War on Drugs?
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I love Mexico. Loved going down there to vacation. It's always been corrupt. But corruption didn't cause gangs to form with BILLIONS of dollars at stake.
THAT is the War On Drugs. It's making drug lords rich.
They WERE in Columbia. BUT, the good ol' USA threatened Columbia with sanctions if they didn't allow us to send TROOPS in there. So we did, and after a couple of bloody decades we got rid of the Columbian Cartels.
Which left a huge hole. The Mexicans are filling it. Now you have violence right on the Mexican border with the U.S.
What? Did you think that Mexicans just suddenly turned violent in the last couple of years for no reason? Or because their country has corrupt politicians? lol
My family (orange grove owners in Fla.) have hired immigrants to pick oranges for over 40 years. No violence. No problems. Efficient hard working people.
But when you make drugs illegal...and then you spend BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars to make it harder and harder to get them across the border? Well, you're just making it ever more profitable to get in the drug business. And that is what those young teenage boys in Mexico are doing by the droves.
But you're right...it's that corrupt hell hole Mexico's fault.
But wait...haven't they ALWAYS been a corrupt hell hole?
Yes.
But the violence started after the Columbian Cartels were broken up.
Nah, you're probably right. No connection there. They are probably creating all this violence over who gets to pick the beans and tomatoes in California this year.
