Cisco
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Why America Is to Blame for Mexico's Carnage and Corruption
Sorry to have to link you to this excellent article but it is a four page read.
Did not want to clutter up the post.
If you have interest please go to:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/26/why_america...
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woody with a view
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it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. it starts with 3 year olds and never goes away. I may be wrong (  ) once in awhile, therefore i'll read up later today, just in case!
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There is probably a way to blame it on the unions, or George W. , depending on what direction you are looking at it from.
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dtbushpilot
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Stupid BS article, 10 minutes of my life wasted....
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  | | it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. it starts with 3 year olds and never goes away. I may be wrong ( ) once in awhile, therefore i'll read up later today, just in case! |
exactly! - with that headline, no need to read
so, who's fault is it that Germans are so orderly and productive - who twisted their arms? (disclaimer: I am German)
Harald Pietschmann
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Finding Fault
I had heard it was caused by "Climate-Change".
Which, of course, would ALSO be the fault of the USA.
ODD, that "Good things" happening are never credited (by the Usual Suspects) to Uncle Sam.
Well, maybe not.
As we would say in management:
"Success is dependent on taking credit and burroigning blame".
* BTW, the "Burro" came from Doug. But, then, you KNEW that, didn't you ?
[Edited on 12-4-2014 by MrBillM]
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I don't know if one could say the US is responsible, but they are certainly complicit in their support of a corrupt government. Though the conclusion
could be debated, most of what's in the article is proven fact.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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Hook
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| Quote: Originally posted by monoloco | | I don't know if one could say the US is responsible, but they are certainly complicit in their support of a corrupt government. Though the conclusion
could be debated, most of what's in the article is proven fact. |
Well, then the whole world is complicit. Who in the world wide community is refusing to deal with Mexico because of their corruption?
And if we chastised them publicly, we'd be accused of being meddlesome.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hook | | Quote: Originally posted by monoloco | | I don't know if one could say the US is responsible, but they are certainly complicit in their support of a corrupt government. Though the conclusion
could be debated, most of what's in the article is proven fact. |
Well, then the whole world is complicit. Who in the world wide community is refusing to deal with Mexico because of their corruption?
And if we chastised them publicly, we'd be accused of being meddlesome. |
Who else in the world gives them
BILLIONS for their CORRUPT police and military? That in itself constitutes complicity.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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Hook
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Well, I'm not going to defend American foreign policy, that's for sure. It's the most aggravating part of what our government does, to me. And the
most expensive.
My point was that supporting corrupt regimes isnt limited to Mexico. I'd like to see us get tougher with them, too.
We chastise governments for "human rights" violations when they engage in torture and other nefarious activities while people are in custody forever.
But thousands and thousands of missing persons and thousands and thousands of unsolved murder go unmentioned, even though there is clearly complicity
at many levels of authority in Mexico.
I will never understand our foreign policy............except to say that if we have a large financial stake in your country, we will look the other
way on a lot of things.
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bajalearner
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Yeah, what all the previous authors' wrote; ditto
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Hook
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Absolutely.
How else can we embargo Cuba for being communistic.........and turn China into the second largest economy in the world?
It's the only explanation.
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