BajaNomad - Why America Is to Blame for Mexico's Carnage and Corruption

Why America Is to Blame for Mexico's Carnage and Corruption

Cisco - 12-4-2014 at 02:15 AM

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...

woody with a view - 12-4-2014 at 05:53 AM

it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. it starts with 3 year olds and never goes away. I may be wrong ( :rolleyes:

) once in awhile, therefore i'll read up later today, just in case!

msteve1014 - 12-4-2014 at 07:23 AM

There is probably a way to blame it on the unions, or George W. , depending on what direction you are looking at it from.

dtbushpilot - 12-4-2014 at 07:42 AM

Stupid BS article, 10 minutes of my life wasted....

4x4abc - 12-4-2014 at 07:48 AM

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 ( :rolleyes:

) 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)

Finding Fault

MrBillM - 12-4-2014 at 11:24 AM

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]

monoloco - 12-4-2014 at 04:36 PM

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.

Hook - 12-4-2014 at 05:38 PM

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.

monoloco - 12-4-2014 at 05:50 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Hook

Quote: Originally posted by monoloco

Who else in the world gives them BILLIONS for their CORRUPT police and military? That in itself constitutes complicity.

Hook - 12-5-2014 at 09:21 AM

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.

bajalearner - 12-5-2014 at 09:29 AM

Yeah, what all the previous authors' wrote; ditto

Hook - 12-5-2014 at 09:55 AM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho

Quote: Originally posted by Hook

I will never understand our foreign policy...

Hint: it's determined by bu$$ine$men, not statesmen.

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.