tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post6188558171068497344..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: Top shelf analysis of Mexico's civil war and the looming cross border nightmareJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-22645260347214482052009-04-01T08:37:00.000-04:002009-04-01T08:37:00.000-04:00Hmmmm, I forget, please remind me on whose watch t...Hmmmm, I forget, please remind me on whose watch this pot has boiled over. Mark could only hope for such an administration's incompetent response to these troubles. It would cheer him up that the Bush administration was not such a loser.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01031567700911395326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-51878175689873032722009-04-01T08:20:00.000-04:002009-04-01T08:20:00.000-04:00I am glad that you are so passionate about Mexican...I am glad that you are so passionate about Mexican politics. Most American are too worried about immigration to stop and think about what conditions lead to such mass exoduses and how regional instability affects the U.S.<BR/><BR/>I disagree that the scenario described above is not "beyond the realm of not too distant reality." I suppose it depends on what you consider not too distant. I would like to think that out LE agencies would be able to stop an narco-insurgency on our soil, but then again they clearly haven't stop gang violence which is obviously driven by the drug trade. Damn it maybe you are right...<BR/><BR/>I don't think that Civil War is the right term. Perhaps I am mistaken but are the cartels fighting for state power or to establish a new state? Or do they simply want to continue to run drugs, humans, and making money illegally?<BR/><BR/>I was recently talking with a friend from Mexico city about the current security situation. She said that the gun battles with police and narcos didn't really scare her, as they only ones who dies were either cops/soldiers and narcos. What scared/scares her is the rise in kidnappings, which target anyone and everyone, that she no longer feels safe walking around upscale, formerly peaceful and safe neighborhoods such as Coyoacan, former home of Frida Khalo and Leo Trotsky.The Red Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208734710414007893noreply@blogger.com