This quote is what I agree most with:
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Calderón has justified his military confrontation with the cartels by arguing that the rule of law cannot thrive where organized crime rules. However, it is equally true that the rule of law can never take root in a situation of widespread bedlam like that of Mexico this past year. The Mexican government's inability to consistently bring down drug-related violence anywhere since the military campaign began is looking less like the inevitable price of success against organized crime and more like the symptom of a strategy in dire need of revamping.
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The problem is that, ever since he took office, he has been repeatedly making all of his public policies completely focus on organized crime. He has neglected education, he arrogantly said the economic crisis would not hit the country(and it did) and he has tried to masquerade his personal campaign by blaming other nations for their drug consumption and their supplies of weapons. All BS.
Mexico was a bubble waiting to burst all along, and what it needs right now is a cultural revolution from the ground up, that replaces the current system. The 38,000 deaths last year are proof enough that the current War against Organized Crime is not working as well as they paint it to be.
Thank you for the article Sir, a great read.