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Source: Mullen offers Mexico update to Obama
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/7/09 | Anne Gearan - ap

Posted on 03/07/2009 7:06:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama was briefed Saturday by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen about the drug wars in Mexico and wanted to know how the United States can help.

"Clearly one of the things the president was interested in was the U.S military capability that may or may not apply to our cooperation with the Mexicans," said a U.S. military official who requested anonymity because the discussions were private. "He was very interested in what kind of military capabilities may be applied."

Mullen briefed Obama Saturday morning about discussions with Mexican military leaders about the drug wars there.

Mullen, who was in Mexico on Friday, has referred to the recent spike in violence as a crisis. Mullen has said Mexico could borrow from U.S. tactics in the fight against terrorism as it battles a crisis of drug-related violence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; drugwarconsequences; immigration; mexico; mullen; obama; organizedcrime; refugees; source; thankprohibition; wod
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1 posted on 03/07/2009 7:06:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Looks like Obama is preparing to invade Mexico.

I guess they must have something he wants... Maybe oil or cocaine.


2 posted on 03/07/2009 7:09:24 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: NormsRevenge

Why does this all make me very nervous?


3 posted on 03/07/2009 7:09:33 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I bet the answer is to disarm Americans to save Mexico, as Rahm hinted at a few days ago.

That willleve a clear field for La Raza.

OK, now I’ll read the article.


4 posted on 03/07/2009 7:09:58 PM PST by DBrow
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To: cripplecreek

Obama is thinking, “What kind of tea should I serve after I’m done giving the drug lords head?”


5 posted on 03/07/2009 7:11:22 PM PST by NowApproachingMidnight (Sell the left short this cycle.)
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To: NormsRevenge

If Mullen was honest, he’d say that the drug war is an expensive, 30 year long disaster.


6 posted on 03/07/2009 7:12:15 PM PST by dr_who
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

LOL OK I’m speechless.


7 posted on 03/07/2009 7:13:00 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Brilliant

The only capacity that the overstretched U.S. military has to do is...build a fence.


8 posted on 03/07/2009 7:13:53 PM PST by max americana
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To: NormsRevenge

im guessing that the govt official who leaked this conversation to the press is a political appointee with implicit permission to do so. i find it hard to believe that a DOD official would leak this conversation while the situation (from a US response perspective) is in its infancy.


9 posted on 03/07/2009 7:14:36 PM PST by GodfearingTexan
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To: Brilliant

Well, Good for him. He has a number of Generals he can pick from to lead the charge... like Weasley Clarke and Colin Powell.. neither is a Pershing unfortunately..


10 posted on 03/07/2009 7:15:34 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge
On Saturday, the military official said the additional U.S. help could come in the form of U.S. equipment and intelligence-sharing.

I hope this "military official" realized that he may well have been talking with drug-gang infiltrators.

11 posted on 03/07/2009 7:16:19 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: max americana

Well build a fence and guard it but that would still be a hell of a lot cheaper than continuing to fight this drug war.


12 posted on 03/07/2009 7:16:19 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
I hope this "military official" realized that he may well have been talking with drug-gang infiltrators.

Training them didn't work out so well the last time.
13 posted on 03/07/2009 7:17:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I don’t think he even took Gov. Perry’s (Texas) invitation to tour the border area first hand and be briefed on the situation. How can he know what to do? Answer: He doesn’t have a clue, the most dangerous kind of “president”.


14 posted on 03/07/2009 7:17:56 PM PST by brushcop (SFC Sallie, CPL Long, LTHarris, SSG Brown, PVT Simmons KIA OIF lll&V, they died for you, honor them)
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To: dr_who
If Mullen was honest, he’d say that the drug war is an expensive, 30 year long disaster.

He may be thinking that, but it would be above his paygrade to say so publicly.

15 posted on 03/07/2009 7:18:11 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: NormsRevenge

The only alternative ZERO understands is:
GRAB White Flag and Start Waving Fevereshly!
CUT and RUN Leaving Your Military Behind to Fend for Themselves!


16 posted on 03/07/2009 7:19:59 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Great President George W. Bush)
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To: cripplecreek
Why does this all make me very nervous?

...because your going to hear the words "humanitarian amendment" to allow millions to escape the violence

17 posted on 03/07/2009 7:24:20 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Brilliant

Obama can’t afford to screw this up; he and his advisors should know that. We cannot rule out unilateral military action to defend and our nation. Thanks to the Bush Administration, our military forces now have the kind of battle field experience to handle whatever these tinhorn drug lords can muster.

Ten bucks says al-qaeada is involved and has been so for some time.


18 posted on 03/07/2009 7:25:37 PM PST by bobjam
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama will mull it over.


19 posted on 03/07/2009 7:28:17 PM PST by Global2010 (Worship the Creator Not the Creature.)
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To: max americana

EXACTLY

Why isn’t that fence “shovel ready”??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90SDkhwnEIo


20 posted on 03/07/2009 7:29:26 PM PST by Kansas58
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