Whack-a-mole: Mexico army's failures hamper drug war

The mole whackers have serious problems.

Mexico army's failures hamper drug war - Los Angeles Times: "Four years and 50,000 troops into President Felipe Calderon's drug war, the fighting has exposed severe limitations in the Mexican army's ability to wage unconventional warfare, tarnished its proud reputation and left the U.S. pointedly criticizing the force as 'virtually blind' on the ground. ..

The army often relies on numbers over intelligence and falls back on time-worn tactics, such as highway checkpoints, of limited use against drug traffickers. The shortcomings alarm U.S. officials....(and) have complicated the government's struggle against the narcotics cartels, as the deadliest year of the war by far comes to a close. Dec. 29, 2010

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