...it's the War on Drugs, and in a way it's even more twisted than Iraq, as it's largely a war our country fights against its own citizens. But don't forget that - by fostering a massive black market whose tentacles slime through dozens of other countries - our War on Drugs is in many ways as much an affront to the rest of the world as is our seige of Iraq.Take this news item from the city of Acapulco, one of Mexico's major resort destinations. To me, it seems that the cloak of fear that shrouds this city is akin to one of terror - and is woven by policy here in the States.
Two Mexican Police Officials Decapitated
By NATALIA PARRA Associated Press Writer
April 20,2006 | ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The decapitated heads of two police officials were found early Thursday dumped in front of a government building in this Pacific coast resort, authorities said.
The heads of police commander Mario Nunez Magana and officer Jesus Alberto Ibarra were found at the same site where four drug traffickers died during a shootout with law enforcement. The heads of the two -- who were involved in the Jan. 27 shootout -- were accompanied by sign that warned, "So that you learn to respect."
...Federal investigators link the violence to a turf war between drug gangs in northern Mexico for lucrative smuggling routes into the United States.
