Comments on: Unoriginal Positions on the Merida Initiative

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Mexico » Blog Archive » Merida Initiative Signed by President Bush — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:20:10 +0000

[...] Having reached a deadlock, it seems that the inter-parliamentary session between members of the US and Mexican Congresses in early June contributed to the progress of the bill. After the usual exchange of comments between the US Congress and the Mexican and the American governments, the bill was modified and finally approved by everyone. The Bush administration finally got it passed in both chambers, which represents a victory for the administration; and the Mexican authorities stated that the new initiative does not infringe Mexico's sovereignty and even represents a new bilateral relationship. [...]

By: the one

the one — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:14:05 +0000

Here is yet another link that just came out. It clearly shows that Initiatives such as merida which just dump monetary and military resources into the drug war simply don't work. The article just came out today on MSNBC and is titled. “shock rise in Colombian coca production” I think it is quite obvious that going down the same old path will result in the same old BS.
Here is the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25242986/

By: Jaime Aguila

Jaime Aguila — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:43:46 +0000

But that is the military's job, that is their training. Such incidents will also begin to occur on the US side of the border more frequently (i.e. the Marine who shot the boy herding goats along the border). That is the great threat with assigning the military such a significant domestic role. The military should protect against foreign threats not support a police state. Better paid and better trained police need to assume these duties. The Mexican military is also becoming a more influential political player with a larger percentage of the federal budget. One of the few real victories of the Mexican Revolution was limiting the influence of the military under the PRI. But no longer.

By: the one

the one — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:05:54 +0000

Here is a link to show you all the great job Mexico is doing with their military. The news link is in spanish, but I’ll give you guys an overview. The Mexican military had set up a checkpoint and 3 people in a car had mechanical problems and could not stop. The soldiers then fired upon the vehicle and killed all 3 people. When the police arrived the soldiers did not allow them to investigate. Furthermore, the soldiers surrounded the vehicle to prevent onlookers to see what occurred. The people in the car were not drug dealers and they had no possesion of drugs either. I think the soldiers were hiding something. Here is the link
http://mx.reuters.com/article/topNews/idMXN0928029320080609

By: carl

carl — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:10:15 +0000

I don't see anything wrong with putting conditions on money that is ours. I also think it is obvious that Calderon's government isn't being fully honest and that is why they don't accept the conditions. They know that they are committing human rights abuses and that the money won't be used properly and they are using the excuse that it is U.S. meddling as a way to hide the truth and try to convince us to take off the conditions. I say we should continue with the conditions and if they don't like it then tough luck. They can go somewhere else begging for the money.