“Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon; but he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor!”  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110526/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

The number of tragedies in this world continues to multiply day by day, and as an American nation we attempt to ‘help’ as much as possible internationally. This help ranges from the aide sent to Haiti and Japan after the monstrous earthquakes to the aide sent to rebels in Libya against Gaddafi’s regime and those in support of democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. is ready to help those in need so far away, yet the question remains, why has this aide not reached out to our southern neighbor Mexico, a nation besieged by violence in a literal war with drug cartels.

The violence in Mexico has reached an all time high, with the discovery of death pits similar to those of Hitler, Stalin, and even Saddam found day by day. Hundreds of corpses are found on land right next to the U.S. border, innocent people beheaded, shot, executed; yet the U.S. media barely murmurs of these tragedies. People live in fear, with towns such as Nuevo Laredo and Juarez turning into literal ghost towns. The violence of the drug cartels is a moving one, one that has trickled down into Central America, where the most recent massacre was discovered in Guatemala with close to 30 people killed and messages written in blood for all who come upon the gruesome site.

It is well known that the leaders of one specific cartel, the Zetas, are no ordinary drug lords. These men were defectors of the Mexican Special Forces, men trained with the elite of elites in the methods of warfare. The training however did not only occur in Mexico, training was also provided through the U.S. Special Forces, the best in the world. It is not possible for any regular police officer or soldier to go into combat with these criminal forces, only those trained at the same level as these death machines can truly overcome these drug cartels. The question once again resounds, where is the U.S. in all of this? If the training was available for those who ended up defecting, is there no way training can be available for those who need to protect their nation from becoming another Germany, another Russia, another Iraq?

The greatest goal for the U.S. internationally is to protect its citizens from any possible dangers and threats, however to turn a blind eye to the violence of Mexico is the best method of jeopardizing such protection. The people killed in these situations are civilians attempting to live their daily lives, not soldiers or warriors in the middle of war or battle. The violence is already taking a toll on the U.S. Mexico border, with the hostility being felt in American border cities. The only option is to take a direct approach and stop the problem at its roots, before the possibility of these drug wars in America becomes a reality in our southern states.