United States ready to step-up military presence in Mexico

Hi, Amy! Thank you for reading, commenting, and for the recommendation! I would like to think it is going to make a difference. However, if it is true that the United States' assistance to Columbia is a failure, yet Admiral Mullen cites it as a model for assisting Mexico in its war on drugs, it probably isn't likely that US assistance to Mexico based on this model will make a difference.

This is good news for the USA as well. I have relatives who live near the border and the violence and crime can and does spill over. However, if this can make a measurable difference to the peoples of Mexico itself this is wonderful news.

Golly gee! does that mean they might  fix the border problem? Or did I read it wrong? whatever, that so-called country has indeed done plenty of damage to our struggling infrastructure. not to mention the tons of hard narcotics, that keeps pouring over that invisible- thanks to those "Washington bureaucrats" border.

"Suggestion" now we need to export Congress to Mexico,and start all over with a new one that gets things done!!!

Hum, I am not sure that is the right approach. 

I would have though that UN neutral peace keepers would be the best way to go and the US armed forces can still help and act under international law though and UN mandate. If I was Mexico, I would not refuse UN troops by I would not like to see a US army or Russian Army come into my borders.

Let's get the CIA involved !

They'll take care of everything !

i think if mexico needs help and they ask for it, we being their neighbors should step in.  We need to do our part internally to stop consuming the drugs too, we are adding fuel to the fire. 

Well it about time America took some of the blame here. I think it is appalling on the  issue concerning the american people and Mexico. At one minute the U.S are complaining about illegal immigrants, and the next minute the U.S are buying billions in illegal drugs.....With this in mind...just who do you think are bring in the drugs.... "illegal aliens my dear friends". America's appetite for drugs is quite simply a fact of life. TAx it, TAx the importation of it, and you solve the problem. Mr. president OBAMA has stated "The world has changed and we must change with it".

Thanks to everyone who read, commented, and/or recommended this story! Special thanks to Esta for the added link.

I just want to reiterate that it is alleged the United States has spent $6 billion on 'Plan Colombia', but Colombia still supplies 90 percent of the United States with cocaine. In addition, "Mexican and US authorities have traced over 90 percent of the guns used by the cartels to American gun shops and shows, even though US laws forbid foreign nationals from buying fire arms.

And an estimated 15 to 20 billion dollars passes across the US border to the drug barons each year, US analysts say."

Perhaps it is time to re-think the "war on drugs".

Perhaps it is time to re-think our "Foreign Policies"....  easy as 1,2,3.

Instead of giving billions more of our tax dollars to corrupt foreign countries.

     1.  End foreign occupations and funding.
     2.  Utilize assets on domestic borders.
     3.  Secure domestic borders with retrieved assets.

Mabe we can even "tear down that wall" and save big, big, bunches of our already worthess pieces of paper and circulate those funds to replace what we send to corrupt governments and what the banks are stealing...back into our own failed economy.

Not only could we more effectively secure our borders, the economy, our nation and the world would benefit on many more fronts than the obviously failed economic and foreign policies designed for the previous Century.