I could not help but notice the emphasis in the story was not on interdiction at the border but on “funding to combat heroin and opiate-based prescription pain killer abuse” and stopping the smugglers 100 miles north of the border.
Close the border down, with troops if necessary, and the problem will lessen. Not cease but it will lessen.
One caveat though, if troops are brought in for border control, be prepared for not only casualties but stories in the press and from the open borders politicians about the poor poor Mexican kiddies, refugees, workers and other poor souls wounded and killed by the mean old American troops.
I could not help but notice the emphasis in the story was not on interdiction at the border....
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How many politicians are being paid by the drug cartels?