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Title: Perry Suggests U.S. Military Role In Mexico Drug War
Source: Agence France-Presse
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/ ... itary-role-in-mexico-drug-war/
Published: Oct 2, 2011
Author: Agence France-Presse
Post Date: 2011-10-02 13:46:54 by Brian S
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Views: 2077
Comments: 3

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said on Saturday he would get the U.S. military involved in Mexico’s war with drug cartels, in comments likely to upset the Mexican government.

The remarks appear to be a new misstatement on foreign policy by Perry, the Texas governor who is struggling to hold on to the mantle of frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

Perry said that as president he would work with Mexico in the same way that the United States has worked with Colombia to combat drug cartels.

“The way that we were able to stop the drug cartels in Colombia was with a coordinated effort,” he said in a campaign speech in New Hampshire. “It may take our military” working with the Mexican government to win Mexico’s drug war, he said.

The U.S. military has advisers in Colombia who are involved mainly in training, logistical support and intelligence backup for the Colombian armed forces as they fight cocaine traffickers and leftist guerrillas.

But there are no U.S. armed forces in Mexico fighting the drug war and Mexico strongly opposes any U.S. military involvement in its territory, although it has received more than $1 billion in U.S. aid to take on the cartels.

More than 42,000 people have been killed in Mexico’s drug feuds since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006.

Perry, one of two main Republican contenders to take on President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, has stumbled before on foreign issues. He gave a rambling answer during a debate between candidates last month to a question about what he would do as president if the Taliban got hold of nuclear weapons.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

I bet his buddy Calderon is just thrilled....lmao

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-10-02   14:27:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Badeye (#1) (Edited)

Perry said that as president he would work with Mexico in the same way that the United States has worked with Colombia to combat drug cartels.

"United States has worked with Colombia to combat drug cartels...."

Hmmmm....when I started as a reseve peace officer 25 years ago the coke from columbia was huge.

Today it's huge.

Hmmmmmm.....

MHO ---- if the US really wanted coke gone it's very simple and it's pretty cheap to do so.

Spray the columbian fields every year with "roundup" from some of the same helicopters used on us US Citizens whenever our benevolent US Gov't determines there are some sort of "insect infestations" they must eradicate for "the good of us all".

You'll need to do that maybe 2 years.....after that the peasants will get the point and plant valid crops.

Too costly eh?

Try 40 years of US gov't "aid" to countries like this to "eradicate" the drug planting and harvesting.

Now THATS the kind of foreign intervention we should be looking at instead of all the crap we do.

But in fact the drug "eradication" game is waaaaaaaaay too lucrative for the gov't (nee local and regional police departments) to give up their "fight" against.

Death to everybody who does not get outta my way. (decided to retire the beatdowns on old worthless retread posters that are bozoed)

e_type_jag  posted on  2011-10-02   16:00:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: e_type_jag (#2)

All good points.

The fact is the Perry campaign is in panic mode now. The poll numbers out of Florida tell the tale, he's at 13% and dropping.

Personally, I think he's toast. Then again, I never saw the infatuation with him in the first place.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-10-03   8:34:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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