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In reply to the discussion: Everyone hates ISIS....So what do you want to do about it ? [View all]Astrad
(466 posts)kill more innocent people each year and as violently as ISIS. The Mexican government is unable or unwilling to grapple with the problem. Corruption in the police and military means they aren't very effective at dealing with it. Areas of Mexico are becoming ungovernable.
So is it incumbent on us or wise to intervene in Mexico and take on the cartels? I don't see why any policy applied to ISIS shouldn't also be applied to the cartels. And yet most people would balk at US military intervention in Mexico (I realize there is already extensive cooperation between law enforcement agencies of the respective countries.)
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/isil-vs-mexican-drugcartelsunitedstatesislamophobia.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-25774430