Where the Way is Dark and the Night is Cold
Anton Chigurh of No Country for Old Men-fame may not actually be out there wreaking havoc along the U.S.-Mexico border, but a piece by Mary Anastasia O'Grady in today's Wall Street Journal contains a projection that is no less troubling in its scope.
Tally all this up and what you get is Mexico on the edge of chaos, and a mess that could easily bleed across the border. The U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., warned recently that an unstable Mexico "could represent a homeland security problem of immense proportions to the United States."
In a report titled "Joint Operating Environment 2008," the Command singles out Mexico and Pakistan as potentially failing states. Both "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse . . . . The Mexican possibility may seem less likely, but the government, its politicians, police, and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels."
In a report titled "Joint Operating Environment 2008," the Command singles out Mexico and Pakistan as potentially failing states. Both "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse . . . . The Mexican possibility may seem less likely, but the government, its politicians, police, and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels."
Labels: Anton Chigurh, Drug Cartels, Mexico, No Country for Old Men, Wall Street Journal
posted by Justin @ 1/26/2009 12:13:00 PM
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Discuss the relationship between this article and Governor Perry's push for state money to fight international gangs.
Joey,
The most obvious point to be drawn from O'Grady's article is that there are some people in the federal government/military that agree with Perry's assessment of the threat presented by international gangs and cartels, but that a disconnect exists in the federal system between those who recognize the threat and those who are willing to allocate large-scale funding to address the problem.
Perry senses this disconnect and has moved, wisely I think, to supplement funding to those law-enforcement departments in areas heavily affected by drug cartel violence.
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