President Calderon - Let's Not Forget He is a Brave and Moral Man

[GHook93]

I bashed him for his hypocrisy on illegal immigration, but we should never forget what a brave and good man he truly is. He is one of the good guys. He is the first Mexican President that has finally taken on the Cartels. So much so that the Cartels are trying to move away from drug money.

Yes his stance on illegal immigration is beyond troubling, but never forget he is one of the good guys! He is NOT a Coward! He is a hero! For that I him!

Mexico: Cartels move beyond drugs, seek domination - El Paso Times
Calderon told the gathering that some people are urging him to leave the cartels alone, after more than 28,000 people have died in drug violence since he launched an offensive against the cartels upon taking office in late 2006.

"Really, they are telling me, 'Mr. President, don't bother the criminals'," he said.

Calderon called that "simply an unacceptable option."

Mexico: Cartels move beyond drugs, seek domination


MEXICO CITY—President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that Mexico's cartels in many cases have moved beyond drugs as their main money-earner and are even trying to supplant the government in parts of the country.
Speaking at an anti-crime conference, Calderon said gangs are imposing fees like taxes in towns they dominate, extorting money from both legitimate and unauthorized businesses.

"This has become an activity that defies the government, and even seeks to replace the government," he said. "They are trying to impose a monopoly by force of arms, and are even trying to impose their own laws."

Calderon said cartels may even be taking money from churches. "I do not doubt that they are also extorting money from priests and pastors in this country," he said.

Drugs are becoming less of a focus for the gangs, he said.

"Their main business is not anymore even drug trafficking, sometimes," Calderon said. "Their business is dominating other people."

 

[waltky]

What in happy hell is he talkin' about? We buy all the dope they can truck up here. We sell `em all the guns they can buy. What more does he expect? No, wait. Mebbe we're helpin' the wrong side?...

Mexico President: US Doesn't Help Enough in Drug War
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the U.S. government isn't doing enough to help Mexico in its fight against drug cartels.

He also isn't happy about U.S. diplomatic cables that he contends wrongly criticized Mexico's anti-drug strategy, saying U.S.-Mexico relations were strained after the documents were made public by WikiLeaks. "I have found cooperation on this matter with President (George W.) Bush and with President (Barack) Obama, but obviously institutional cooperation ends up being notoriously insufficient," Calderon told the Mexican newspaper El Universal in an interview published Tuesday.

Calderon said the U.S. government should help by reducing drug use in the United States, the biggest consumer of illegal drugs in the world, and by stemming the flow of automatic rifles to Mexican drug gangs. "How can Americans cooperate? By reducing drug use, which they haven't done," Calderon said. "And, the flow of weapons hasn't slowed, it has increased."

U.S. and Mexican officials have constantly said the two countries have reached an unprecedented level of cooperation, but the recently leaked U.S. cables show U.S. diplomats think Mexico doesn't have a clear strategy in its fight against drug gangs and that infighting among Mexican federal agencies has hindered the crackdown.

More than 35,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against the country's drug gangs shortly after taking office in December 2006.

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[liebuster]

He's a corrupt piece of shit just like the rest of them.

 

[liebuster]

What in happy hell is he talkin' about? We buy all the drug they can truck up here. We sell `em all the guns they can buy. What more does he expect? No, wait. Mebbe we're helpin' the wrong side?...

don't believe all the media hype about the american guns. Yeah some of them end up there but not as much as the media would suggest.

 

[Agit8r]

lets be real. There would be fewer immigrants here if Obrador were president there