Pubdate: Fri, 21 Sep 2001
Source: Yuma Daily Sun, The (AZ)
Copyright: 2001 The Yuma Daily Sun
Contact:  http://www.yumasun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1258
Author: Wynne Johnson

FIGHT DRUGS, TOO

Amid the other aims of the current war, I pray that the "war on drugs" is 
not forgotten. That "war" - the quotation marks have hitherto always been 
needed really - ought to take aim at all the drug cartels, which have 
destroyed many more American lives than the recent attacks on New York and 
Washington. While we are invading or bombing one distant country or 
another, there is a closer enemy, one equally sinister, armed and violent.

I lived in Mexico for many years. It ought to be enough for us to support 
President Fox in this effort, but I would like that support to be active 
and full. Also, although there is always a need for secrecy in military and 
police operations, it would probably help if some part of that effort were 
publicized. I suspect that my fellow Americans do not realize - or easily 
forget - that Mexico, too, has been suffering grievously from terrorism.

Some of the assassinations and a small fraction of the kidnappings are 
reported by the news media but are quickly forgotten on this side of the 
border. The drug lords have proven themselves enemies of constitutional 
government, the only real hope for Mexico and our only hope for having a 
civilized southern neighbor.

WYNNE JOHNSON

Yuma
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