Drug War Collateral Damage: Failed State Watch: How Much Longer for Mexico? (Part One)

This guy has it right, we in the U.S., "need to know all of Mexico, now." He is also right that the real problem in Mexico is corruption and the lack of a functioning police and justice system.

Pajamas Media » Failed State Watch: How Much Longer for Mexico? (Part One): ""We know about barbarous cartels. But more terrifying is their cancerous spread through Mexican government, and societal decay caused by a state with no justice. There is no avoiding the problem: we need to know all of Mexico, now."

The drug war taking place in Mexico deserves the coverage it has received, but the corruption within the Mexican government and its inability to effectively combat the drug cartels merits as much or more of that coverage. It is a deadly combination that threatens to destabilize a nation with 112 million inhabitants to the point of anarchy. A nation bordering the U.S. with an out-of-control drug war is a serious threat. A nation bordering the U.S. in a state of anarchy, with the only authority being well-funded and well-armed drug kingpins, is a clear and present danger." Jan 3, 2010