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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: CurrieS103 on January 08, 2009, 07:42:52 AM
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Just when you thought we had enough problems...
McCaffrey Warns of Mexican Border Rush
January 08, 2009
El Paso Times
EL PASO. Texas -- Former U.S. drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey contends that millions of people may rush to cross the U.S. border if security conditions worsen and lead to a governmental collapse in Mexico.
"A failure by the Mexican political system to curtail lawlessness and violence could result (in) a surge of millions of refugees crossing the U.S. border to escape the domestic misery of violence, failed economic policy, po verty, hunger, joblessness, and the mindless cruelty and injustice of a criminal state," McCaffrey said in an after-action report based on the Dec. 5-7 International Forum of Intelligence & Security Specialists in Mexico, an advisory group to Mexican law enforcement leaders.
McCaffrey, who has compared Mexico's situation to Iraq's, said in his report "Visit Mexico: 5-7 December 2008":
-- Nearly 7,000 people were murdered in Mexico's drug wars since 2006; 3,985 of these occurred from Jan. 1 to Nov. 25, 2008.
-- Corruption is pervasive, and even reached into the U.S. Embassy "with a DEA Mexican national employee recently arrested for being an agent of the Sinaloa cartel ... corrupted with a $450,000 bribe."
-- The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon has done much to crack down on the cartels.
-- Mexico is fighting for survival against narcoterrorism.
The report portrays a scenario reminiscent of ex-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's 1998 fictional book "The Next War," which describes U.S. military intervention after a Mexican regime collapse due to warring drug cartels.
Three years ago, Tom Clancy's video game "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter," created controversy because it depicted ghosts of U.S. Soldiers taking out targets in Juarez, a game Chihuahua officials tried to ban.
Mario Gonzalez Roman, a former consultant for the U.S. State Department and United Nations, said that contrary to the picture McCaffrey paints, "the Mexican state is far from collapsing."
He operates a Web site in Mexico (www.securitycornermexico.com) that provides free information on crime and loss prevention, and advises victims of crime.
"Attempts to disparage Mexico's image are being conducted by private security businesses that stand to profit from a failed state," Gonzalez said. "I also believe free trade has helped to facilitate kidnappings in this country."
McCaffrey's report also provides a glimpse into Mexico's general plan of attack against violent drug organizations: "The strategy articulated by Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora is to break up the four major drug cartels into 50 smaller entities and take away their firepower and huge financial resources."
Ex-DEA official Phil Jordan said this approach -- splitting big cartels into smaller ones -- "is not one the DEA would use. When I was an investigator, we believed it was more efficient to first go after the godfathers and their lieutenants instead of the smaller cells or groups."
McCaffrey, a retired Army general, visited Juarez in 1999 as White House drug czar. Then-Chihuahua Gov. Patricio Martinez criticized him for alleging Mexico was "awash in drugs."
In his report, McCaffrey recommends that President-elect Barack Obama's administration "immediately focus on the dangerous and wor sening problems in Mexico, which fundamentally threaten U.S. national security."
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http://www.military.com/news/article/mccaffrey-warns-of-mexican-border-rush.html?col=1186032310810
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Wouldn't that be nice whilst in the midst of our own economic meltdown? There may be a positive side if the invaders take food from the mouths of the liberal faithful. It's hard to turn down someone who's starving despite the laws they broke to be in a position to stand in line. Damn the politicians for putting personal interests over our failing nation.
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At least Texas is preparing
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491964,00.html
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Gee, I wonder if the liberals would like a little help from the law abiding armed populace if this happens ? :o
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Come on...it ain't so bad. Think of the tourist peso's they will be bringing into America ! The cultural diversity ! The endless musical gaiety ! The linguistic expansion ! Corona's for everyone !!!
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A few weeks back the mexican gov. told officials and their ambasador they must project mexico in a positive way ;D, give the impression that things are hunkey dorey down there. The mex. gov. then said the U.S. needs to stop spreading the lies about their corrupt gov., for telling the truth regarding the stability of their 3rd world hell hole. If the econ. does collapse and civil war breaks out, think of the number of refugees that will flock to the U.S. and our Gov. will say they are refugees we will take all of them, oh, and they can stay. If it wasn't for the beaches there would be no reason for anyone to go there.
I do believe we are seeing the begining of the NAU (North American Union) Google the SPP When you look at how our Gov. refuses to secure our borders, American companies wanting unemployed U.S. workers go & do their job in foreign countries for pennies on the dollar wages (it's cheaper to move the worker than it is the co. to foreign lands. ), The current party in control on "the Hill" that are leading us down the socialist path. Ah yes, mexico could become part of the U.S., or the U.S. part of mexico ??? Throw in Canada ;), that way we are one big happy North American Union....Comrade. No more U.S. Constitution :'(
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Gee, I wonder if the liberals would like a little help from the law abiding armed populace if this happens ? :o
I'd think twice about offering our liberals any help. :(
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I'd offer them help - HELP RIGHT OUT OF THE COUNTRY ;D