What does Mexico need to do to alleviate the drug war?
Is their plan successful?
My opinion is that their strategy (bringing in the military) is only good in the short-term. In order to fix everything, a middle class has to be formed where jobs and employees are paid fairly, enough to where a vast number of people do not have to resort to underground economies such as selling drugs.
It's an economic issue.
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Of course, the US is partly to blame as well as there is a market for drugs.
What do you think?
My opinion is that their strategy (bringing in the military) is only good in the short-term. In order to fix everything, a middle class has to be formed where jobs and employees are paid fairly, enough to where a vast number of people do not have to resort to underground economies such as selling drugs.
It's an economic issue.
Watch CBS Videos Online
Of course, the US is partly to blame as well as there is a market for drugs.
What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by Esteban Ortiz on -
Yeah of course the US is the drug consumer no nesesitas ser un rocket scientist to figure it out...pero pues ya vez...Mexico needs to be hard on corruption too..
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Permalink Reply by Jorge Luis Sierra on
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I think the punitive paradigm is not working, because it is a partial strategy and it is only wasting the last resource while exposing the Army and the Navy to the risk of corruption, human rights violations and demoralization. Hundreds of thousands soldiers have deserted the Army over the last years and some of them have joined the drug cartels, making them even more dangerous and powerful. A better strategy has to be international, beginning with a serious effort to reduce drug consumption both in the US and Mexico, attacking the financial power of the drug dealing, and dismantling the command and control structures of the criminal organizations. Soldiers are ill prepared to fight in this arena. Good intelligence and a professional interagency police cooperation should be companion of preventive plans (education and health services. And, like Esteban says, the strategy needs to be hard on corruption too.
For those of you who read Spanish, I invite you to visit my blog on this issues and put comments:
http://estrategica-mente.blogspot.com
Best,
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Permalink Reply by Matt Reyes on -
Jorge,
Me gusta el blog lo que esribes! Muy informativo. De donde eres?
Jorge Luis Sierra said:I think the punitive paradigm is not working, because it is a partial strategy and it is only wasting the last resource while exposing the Army and the Navy to the risk of corruption, human rights violations and demoralization. Hundreds of thousands soldiers have deserted the Army over the last years and some of them have joined the drug cartels, making them even more dangerous and powerful. A better strategy has to be international, beginning with a serious effort to reduce drug consumption both in the US and Mexico, attacking the financial power of the drug dealing, and dismantling the command and control structures of the criminal organizations. Soldiers are ill prepared to fight in this arena. Good intelligence and a professional interagency police cooperation should be companion of preventive plans (education and health services. And, like Esteban says, the strategy needs to be hard on corruption too.
For those of you who read Spanish, I invite you to visit my blog on this issues and put comments:
http://estrategica-mente.blogspot.com
Best,
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Hola Matt, gracias por tus comentarios. Soy de México, D.F. y vivo desde hace cinco años en Texas, tres en el Valle del Rio Grande y casi dos en Houston.
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Permalink Reply by Rene Mendez on -
I can understand that the US is to blame for eliciting more demand of the drugs, however, families in the US need to work on minimizing the demand by ensuring that the demand isn't there in the first place.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Torres on -
As long as the corruption continues within the Mexican police and government, this will always be an issue. Colombia has this same issue, but has made large strides in removing that corruption in the past 5-6 years.
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Permalink Reply by Rene Mendez on
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I definitely believe that Mexico and its citizens have so much more to offer than simply stating that punishing those in the business of drugs is simply a punitive solution. When people lack an understanding of consequences, wouldn't that be anarchy. I think part of the problem is making an effort to shift responsibility to some other country or lack of participation. I think the solution is ensuring that the citizens are taught the effects of the drugs on its citizens and their country as a whole within the grand scheme of the world. Education, most certainly has to be a key initiative.
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