Bush about to hand $1 Billion to Mexico for drug war

[SeanEdwards]

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/mexico/4864.html

WASHINGTON -- Mexican President Felipe Calderón, locked in a bloody confrontation with drug cartels, is negotiating a counter-drug aid package with the Bush administration worth hundreds of millions of dollars, say several U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.

Officials on both sides are working out the details of a package that resembles a similar plan for Colombia. The talks have been taking place quietly for several months and will be a central item on the agenda Aug. 20-21 when President Bush and Calderón are expected to meet in Québec.

[CurtisLow]

Crazy! Just crazy....

[hard@work]

I'll make sure all the homeless vets in my hometown that are struggling with addiction get this printout.

[Kregener]

I could go down to the border with a rifle and do more to stop drug trafficking from Mexico than throwing billions at it will ever do.

Mexican officials will end up with most of this money in hidden bank accounts.

Mexico is a Marxist craphole and government corruption is completely off the charts.

The "War" on Drugs is a sham and a freedom and money pit.

[DahuiHeeNalu]

No Drug Wars!!!!!

[Texan4Life]

I could go down to the border with a rifle and do more to stop drug trafficking from Mexico than throwing billions at it will ever do.

Mexican officials will end up with most of this money in hidden bank accounts.

Mexico is a Marxist craphole and government corruption is completely off the charts.

The "War" on Drugs is a sham and a freedom and money pit.


Well said.

[RJB]

I bet most of that money will be funneled through the Mexican government down to the drug cartels themselves.