Thank you Hillary Clinton

[malaise]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/967326.html
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The United States is at least as responsible as Mexico for the violent drug wars that are roiling its southern neighbor because of an insatiable U.S. market for narcotics, the failure to stop weapons smuggling southward and a three-decade "war" on drugs that "has not worked," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.

"Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians," Clinton said.

"How could anyone conclude any differently? . . . I feel very strongly we have co-responsibility," she said.

Clinton's blunt remarks as she flew to Mexico were the clearest by any senior U.S. official in recent memory that American habits and government policies have stoked the drug trade and a spreading epidemic of criminal violence in northern Mexico.

[Winterblues]

1. And the sun sets in the west..

Why is telling the truth a historic event? This should be filed under Duhhhh.

[aquart]

2. Because for 8 years no American gov't official uttered the truth.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. The big question is: What does she propose to do about it?

She isn't saying anything that some of us have already been saying for years. The 'war on drugs' is a farce and a failure. The answer is legalization, regulation and taxation. Plain and simple.

Legalization cuts off the profit motive for the drug lords. Sure, they could still import their product, but at least it would be regulated and our Government could be reaping the benefits, through taxation, of that $40 BILLION dollars per year in trade that is going untaxed. It would also drastically cut down on gang activity/crime in blighted cities and inner city neighborhoods.

We already know what the problem is... when is someone (in Congress) going to start proposing sane solutions?


Peace,

Ghost

[hfojvt]

4. she's blaming the drug users there

"because of an insatiable U.S. market for narcotics"

when it is not the demand that is creating the high prices and profits, it is the law doing it. She's hardly calling for an end to the 'war on drugs'.

[malaise]

5. But, but, but!!!

The war on drugs is way to profitable

[biopowertoday]

6. She is only hinting in this artcle.............

..........Stepping beyond strictly foreign-policy issues, the secretary of state hinted at major changes to come in the Obama administration's domestic drug-control strategy, with more emphasis on reducing demand and on treatment programs for drug abusers.

"It's not working," she said of the current approach.

"We have certainly been pursuing these strategies for . . . a long time. I remember Mrs. Reagan's 'just say no,' " Clinton said, referring to former first lady Nancy Reagan's exhortation to young people to refuse drugs. "It's been very difficult."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. wow. thats incredible.

[NeedleCast]

8. Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.

And what's the simple solution? Say it with me...

(Legalize)