Whack-a-mole: Clinton's bluntness on Mexico was right

A Foreign Policy Magazine columnist weighs in on the "Mexico is/is not Columbia" debate.

Clinton's bluntness on Mexico was right "Clinton's remarks are exactly on target. It is hard for Mexico to make the case that it has its arms around the problem, when news of its third mayor to be killed in the past several weeks is breaking. It is hard when, as quoted in an excellent Los Angeles Times story on the subject, one senior U.S. immigration and customs official cites the fact that the Mexicans have 'lost an ‘astronomical' number of police officers and soldiers.' In short, it is hard for them to argue that everything is under control when it is clearly not." Sept. 9, 2010, Foreign Policy Magazine, column by David Rothkopf