Whack-a -mole: U.S. Sees Heightened Threat in Mexico

The Wall Street Journal confirms that the Obama administration is assessing what further steps to take in the Mexican drug war. Unfortunately the paper does not allow online reading of full articles without a subscription. 

U.S. Sees Heightened Threat in Mexico - WSJ.com: "The Obama administration sees the drug-related violence sweeping Mexico as a growing threat to U.S. national security and has launched a broad review of steps the military and intelligence community could take to help combat what some U.S. officials describe as a narcoinsurgency.

U.S. and Mexican officials say the Pentagon's Northern Command, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies are discussing what aviation, surveillance and intelligence assets could be used—both inside Mexico and along the border—to help counter the drug cartels. Officials say it is unclear how much of an expanded American role the Mexicans will accept."  Sept. 10, 2010