It's Our Fault? Just Shoot Me!

According to immigration activists and most Democrats, it's our weak immigration policies that are responsible for the influx of illegal aliens from Mexico.

Now, Hillary Clinton also blames us for the illegal drug trade that is coming in from our southern neighbor. She claims it's due to "our insatiable" need for street drugs (See Full Story). To top all that off, the guns that are being used by the drug lords in Mexico are also our fault because we have such a cheap availability of guns in America; and, it's those guns that are making it across the border into Mexico.

Poor Mexico! If it weren't for us, they'd be "the" perfect country. At least that's what the Democrats want you and I to think.

When it comes to weak immigration policies, these are the same Democrats who want to block any immigration raids and immigration-busting walls and any other tougher immigration policies.

When it comes to drugs, it's the same Democrats who want to either legalize them or decriminalize their possession and/or their use. That'll sure stop drug trafficking!

Someone should tell Hillary that being hooked on drugs doesn't come "before" the availability of the drugs. We used to call drug dealers "Pushers" for that very reason. I guess, today, it's politically correct to just call them "dealers" because it's the users, now, that are doing the work of the pushers. But, it still comes back to the easy availability of drugs that are coming in from Mexico and Columbia.

As far as guns are concerned, and from what all I have ever read, the cheap guns and automatic weapons that the drug lords are using are generally Russian made. Some guns that "were" provided to the Mexican police and the Mexican military by our own United States government were ultimately resold or even given away to the drug lords by corrupt members of those entities. In fact, the U.S. went through a process of providing high-level tactical training for Mexican military personnel in the 1990's. Then, these Zetas, deserted the military, with their automatic weaponry, and became highly trained "hit men" for the drug cartels (See Full Story). Also, trained police have become turncoats to work for the cartels; taking their weapons with them. While some guns do come from this country, many more come in from the uncontrolled southern borders of Mexico. To me, the gun issue is just another "ruse" that's being used by the Obama Administration to further their intended gun control in this country.

I wish, for once, the Democrats would lay blame were it belongs and stop looking backwards, over their shoulders at Americans, when the blame-speak comes out of their mouths while they are sucking up to Mexican President Calderon. To be fair, the same was true with the Bush Administration and their dealings with the last two Mexican leaders.

The reason that Mexico is being overrun by the drug cartels is because --- Here me...Democrats! --- there are systemic government and societal problems in that country. Expatriation problems and drugs lords and their guns are just "symptoms" and not the cause.

The problems of Mexico stem from a corrupt economy; and, that didn't just happen, recently. The military and police are corrupt and have been for at least two decades (See Full Story) . The wealth of the country is highly concentrated in just a few hands. Drug trafficking has become the business of last resort because there are no other business opportunities. A majority of the Mexican population is involved in standing around trying to garner day-laborer types of work. That's why there are so many Mexicans that are willing to risk their lives to cross our border and find work in this country. If the economy was healthy, the drug lords wouldn't have gained as much control as they have, today. That's the bottom line.

If we, as a country, aren't willing to talk straight with Calderon on these issues, we will never jointly solve the problems in Mexico. If you look to our north, there aren't the same problems. Canada has the same evil neighbor as Mexico but they aren't being overrun by drug cartels and by daytime shootouts. They don't have millions of their people crossing our border to find work.

Hillary Clinton's blame of America is just another moronic argument from this Obama Administration.

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