July 11, 2011 – edgardo
As I sit here stirring the soup of this boil down of border news, I thought I would start with the last thing first. Sometimes things of seeming little significance are microcosms of a large and encompassing system. They can be a marker to what is really going on.
Willacy County sheriff’s deputies are now armed to the teeth; according to an article in July 6, 2011 issue of the newspaper The Raymondville Chronicle. At least 2 dozen Ar-15 assault rifles and tactical shotguns have been provided to the department. The funds for the arsenal were provided by a grant from the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition.
Supposedly Home Land security says the border has never been safer. Then at the same time they militarize it, but for border security theatre and political reasons they exclude the real military from the border.
Raymondville has been called “Prisonville” as it is home to an enormous prison complex. Part of which is the famous “tent city” that looks like circuit tents, but is made out of Kevlar. The other question here is who provided the funds to the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition? I have some suspects. TBSC disburses State and Federal monies to worthy recipients, like themselves. You are paying for it.
The Texas Tribune – Tribpedia: Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition>>
Is the answer always more firepower, more prisons, and more federal control? Or perhaps could the answer be foreign and domestic policies that make some sort of sense. It seems to be more guns, more jails, more violence, always more.
Mexican marines kill 15 Zeta suspects outside of Mexico City. 20 people more are dead in a nightclub in Monterrey. 20 kidnap victims are freed by the Mexican Army in Monterrey. The kidnappers were only asking 2 to $4,000 ransom for each one. These were not rich people. Eleven more are killed in Torreon.
Some 40 people die over a few days, and in Iraq 15 American Soldiers die in a month. These casualties are too high. In Mexico many times two thousand will die in a month. Thank all that is good and decent that the United States is not fighting this war directly. The Mexicans would be drone bombed and the casualties could be in the hundreds of thousands. If fifteen American mortalities in a month In Iraq are not worth it for political reasons; excuse me for pointing out the obvious: This war is not worth it. Get out.
Below Arizona in the state of Sonora, towns and villages are deserted. The inhabitants have fled, literally for their lives. One independent narco-warlord defies both the Sinaloa Cartel and the Mexican Army. The cartel responds by declaring siege; they don’t even let food or fuel into the town. Someday someone will make a real movie out of all this, not just a Robert Rodriguez live action cartoon piece. Or maybe they won’t. Could be too hot for Hollywood.
Or it may take ten or 15 years after it is over.
Quite preposterous indeed! People who have been caught by the cartels are starting to talk. Once people talk, the culprits can be found. Once the culprits are found, the criminal activity will slow down. I hope. 4000 US troops killed in Iraq (who knows how many Iraqis we have killed). 40,000 Mexicans killed (who knows how many with US sold weapons). Iraq did not want us over there, we went anyway. Mexico does not want us over there, so why are we not going over there? Conflict of interest? No oil? Not enough “terrorism”? Hmmm . . .