Mexico's Drug "Civil War" Rages On

Mexico is experiencing what is being called a civil war. It's the Federales versus the drug cartels. And yet, who's paying attention? Certainly not us; we're far too wrapped up in the sordid details of Britney Spears continuing drama. Who's winning the war? The smart money says the drug cartels.

Edgar Millan, Mexico's Federal Chief of Police, was one of the most recent to be gunned down, followed quickly by Esteban Robles Espinosa. Espinosa headed up the police detective force in Mexico City.

These gangsters are moving with a vengeance, and they're anything but lightweights. They are so well armed that many times the police and military have had to retreat and simply let the cartels carry on as usual.

Since the police and military have joined forces to try to get things under control, more than 3000 Mexican citizens have lost their lives in the struggle.

And yet, one of the most disturbing aspects of this situation is that both the U.S. administration and Congress is turning a blind eye to this conflict. They seem to lack the resolve and backbone to seal the borders - first against the illegal aliens that are stealing our jobs and social services. And now against a battle that not only threatens to spill across our border, but also funnels in meth, cocaine, and heroin.

Bush's idea of a "solution" is to award the Mexican government $500 million of our taxpayer money to beef up their military. What is he thinking? In the first place, the Mexican government is so openly corrupt that most of "our" money won't even go towards the drug war.

In the second place, doesn't it make more sense to use that money to seal up the border? This would keep the money in our economy and supply jobs to Americans. Just a few weeks ago, Bush was interested in stimulating our economy. Now, not so much.

And finally, one of the biggest sources of income in Mexico is money wired back from illegal aliens. Hmm, so in addition to all that money not being spent domestically supporting the economy, we're going to not loan, but give them more.

I'll tell you, sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry.