Whack-a-mole: Mexico's Drug War - Brookings Institution

A year-end assessment of the weaknesses in Calderon's execution of his drug war - particularly the problems of impunity in the face of corrupt police and justice systems. However, it does not at all consider whether a war against drugs is the correct strategy.

Mexico's Drug War - Brookings Institution: "It is high time to think carefully about the assumptions, results and implications of President Calderón’s plan to subdue drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. After four years, ambiguous results and ever worsening violence trends, the burden of proof about the soundness of the strategy lays with the President rather than with his critics. It is unclear how the military assault on Mexico’s cartels has helped the government’s efforts to improve law enforcement and reduce the country’s endemic impunity, which are the truly crucial tasks at hand." Dec. 30, 2010