Whack-a-mole Politics: ‘A rampant war just south of our border'

The rhetoric of a "war on our border" and the need for further militarization gets ramped up in Congress.

‘A rampant war just south of our border' - San Antonio Express-News: "Graphic surveillance videos of Mexican drug cartels were shown to House lawmakers Thursday, while their counterparts in the Senate were given an account of an all-out assault on the Southwest border — attacks that range from gangs using boats and tunnels to a catapult used to hurl duffel bags of marijuana into the U.S.

The vivid testimony and images were presented at separate congressional hearings convened to review border security and aid to Mexico that would help combat cartels striking out against the military and law enforcement."