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Thursday, October 7, 2010

An Interesting Perspective On the Drug War In Mexico

Video dated 30 Jan 10.

The gist of the video is this:

-The increase of violence in Mexico is a result of the war on drugs.

-The Mexican government previously had an implicit relationship with the cartels in order to maintain stability knowing it could not win a war on drugs...what is this gent is actually talking about is moral relativism based on practical issues.

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Mexico's War on Drug Trafficking

Jan 30, 2010

Jorge Castaneda talked by video uplink from New York City about his recent Foreign Policy Magazine article, �What�s Spanish for Quagmire?: Five Myths That Caused the Failed War Next Door,� which focused on the Mexican government�s war on organized crime and drug trafficking. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.




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