pitdroid said:
I think if America is going to invade anyone it would be Mexico with the drug wars going on, its spreading to America and Canada. American civilians are getting caught in the middle of it too. It doesn't make sense for Canada and America to send troops half way around the world on peacekeeping missions, when theres wars going on just below us in North America.
I could be completely wrong but I would say that it's just about impossible to stop the drug trade and the drug problem is all over the world. Providing we have people around the world just trying to survive then we will have people that will grow drugs, move drugs or whatever else with drugs. A person with nothing to loose is a scary force. Add greed and a willingness to exploit the poor then you have a real problem.
From a strategic point of view how do you try to stop it?
Plan 1: Go after the bottom guys.
Staving, needy or greedy people can be found everywhere so their will always be pawns to exploit.
Plan 2: Go after the heads of cartels.
Taking out the leaders will just make smaller groups or gangs. It might not be as organizes on a global level but they will still get the job done. In the end greed will make these people fight for control everything putting us back to square one.
Plan 3: Put something in the water to cure greed.
This could work
Plan 4: Cure the drug problem so there is no longer a demand.
I don't have any facts on this but I would guess that drug usage isn't going down so we can safely say its not going to work itself out.
Plan 5: Create a world war.
Perhaps if everybody is fighting for their lives then they wouldn't be worried about getting high?
Plan 6: Legalize all drugs and tax them.
The drug police could be reassigned instead of being laid off and you could build tons of drug clinics with the tax money. You could potentially make a big difference in unemployment by doing this and save lots of money in retirement funds since people may not live as long.
Anyway, goodluck with your fight on drugs.
Ben
