Why do Presidents & their support staff always backtrack or even apologize for their actions AFTER they have gotten out of office? At the time when they are in office, they are enthusiastically drumming up support for their policies, which are not thoroughly thought out, & refuse to hear any voice, which may say otherwise.
What's the point of apologizing now? Will that bring back thousands of innocent Mexicans who have been killed in this war on drugs?
Controlling or trying to destroying the logistics of drugs is not going to help reduce the flow of drugs. You need to destroy the source. UN is reporting year-over-year huge increase in opium growth in Afghanistan now. Opium flows out from Afghanistan into Central Asia to Latin America & finally into US via Mexico. Mexico or Colombia don't grow opium; they are only refineries & logistical routes to the consumer market in US.
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Former President Bill Clinton has apologized to Mexico during a speech in which he suggests that the U.S. war on drugs has been responsible for fueling escalating violence.
Clinton spoke at the Laureate Summit on Youth & Productivity in Mexico where he told the audience that the war had backfired & led to violence which is crippling the country.
He said: 'I wish you had no narco-trafficking, but it's not really your fault. Basically, we did too good of a job of taking the transportation out of the air & water, & so we ran it over land. I apologize for that.'
The Clinton administration took on old drugs policies enacted by his predecessors, Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush, according to The Huffington Post.
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush doubled his annual drug-war spending to $12 billion & committed the military to the cause.
In addition, Clinton's administration opened Mexico's border with the U.S. which encouraged land-based trafficking, & enforcement efforts that broke up Colombian cartels.
This empowered Mexican drug gangs, who increased in power although they had largely been middle men.
However, as the money flowed in, it's led to horrific acts of violence.
At present, the U.S. government spends roughly $40 billion to $50 billion each year fighting the war on drugs around the world.
The battle has taken a particularly devastating toll in Mexico.
Over the past few years, at least 60,000 to 100,000 people are believed to have been murdered in Mexico, many in drug-related violence.
There are estimated to be 2 murders a day, horrific kidnappings & no-go areas in some parts of the country where the police can struggle to maintain order.
Mexico's half-dozen powerful & violent cartels carry out breathtakingly gruesome kidnappings & violence against rivals.
Citizens continually voice their concern over the high level of violence among the cartels & corruption within the government.
And despite the U.S. war on drugs, 90% of the cocaine that arrives in America travels through Mexico & Central America, according to a recent State Department report.
Cartels also continue to deliver a significant amount of heroin, marijuana & methamphetamine into the U.S.
What's the point of apologizing now? Will that bring back thousands of innocent Mexicans who have been killed in this war on drugs?
Controlling or trying to destroying the logistics of drugs is not going to help reduce the flow of drugs. You need to destroy the source. UN is reporting year-over-year huge increase in opium growth in Afghanistan now. Opium flows out from Afghanistan into Central Asia to Latin America & finally into US via Mexico. Mexico or Colombia don't grow opium; they are only refineries & logistical routes to the consumer market in US.
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Former President Bill Clinton has apologized to Mexico during a speech in which he suggests that the U.S. war on drugs has been responsible for fueling escalating violence.
Clinton spoke at the Laureate Summit on Youth & Productivity in Mexico where he told the audience that the war had backfired & led to violence which is crippling the country.
He said: 'I wish you had no narco-trafficking, but it's not really your fault. Basically, we did too good of a job of taking the transportation out of the air & water, & so we ran it over land. I apologize for that.'
The Clinton administration took on old drugs policies enacted by his predecessors, Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush, according to The Huffington Post.
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush doubled his annual drug-war spending to $12 billion & committed the military to the cause.
In addition, Clinton's administration opened Mexico's border with the U.S. which encouraged land-based trafficking, & enforcement efforts that broke up Colombian cartels.
This empowered Mexican drug gangs, who increased in power although they had largely been middle men.
However, as the money flowed in, it's led to horrific acts of violence.
At present, the U.S. government spends roughly $40 billion to $50 billion each year fighting the war on drugs around the world.
The battle has taken a particularly devastating toll in Mexico.
Over the past few years, at least 60,000 to 100,000 people are believed to have been murdered in Mexico, many in drug-related violence.
There are estimated to be 2 murders a day, horrific kidnappings & no-go areas in some parts of the country where the police can struggle to maintain order.
Mexico's half-dozen powerful & violent cartels carry out breathtakingly gruesome kidnappings & violence against rivals.
Citizens continually voice their concern over the high level of violence among the cartels & corruption within the government.
And despite the U.S. war on drugs, 90% of the cocaine that arrives in America travels through Mexico & Central America, according to a recent State Department report.
Cartels also continue to deliver a significant amount of heroin, marijuana & methamphetamine into the U.S.
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