The War Next Door

Yes, that image to the left is exactly what you think it is. Those are the heads of five Mexican soldiers who were beheaded by Mexican drug cartels to send a message that the violence is escalating to unprecedented levels.

By now we all have heard about the drug war that rages south of our border, but what we should know is that this is far from being only a Mexican problem.This war has gradually intensified over the past 4 years and is now out of control. The cartels have basically taken over control of the entire northern part of the country by out numbering and intimidating local police.In the town of Juarez, just south of El Paso, Tx, the Sinaloa cartel forced the police chief to resign after a threat that they would kill a police officer every 48 hours until he did so. After two murders he had no choice but to step down and move his family across the border to El Paso.

There were been 6,300+ murders in 2008, and roughly 1,200 already this year.These ruthless cartels have raised Mexico City to #1 kidnapping city in the world.

The problem i have is that the #2 city for reported kidnappings is Phoenix, Az. That's right, right here in the USA.There were 560 reported in the Phoenix area last year.In my opinion,the illegal immigration problem is and has been the #1 problem this country faces, yet we don't think so. The Bush administration agreed but couldn't figure out how to fix it. President Obama and his liberal clan led by new Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano are in denial about the problem.Obama, when question yesterday about deploying troops to help Mexican authorities on the border, said it's not at that point yet. Is he serious? 560 reported kidnappings in Phoenix, which by the way isn't even a border city, and he thinks,"it's not there yet." By the way Arizona is Napolitano's home state.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms issued a travel advisory for American citizens not to travel to Mexico because the violence is too intense.

The incompetence of our government makes me think that there is more to this than meets the eye.Is it possible that the American and Mexican governments are lax in their efforts to curtail these border war drug issues because they have a fiscal stake in it? It is a fact that drug trafficking brings in $38 million yearly from the US to Mexico. Also factual is that 90% of the assault rifles being used by the cartels were supplied by the USA.