The price of our freedom is eternal vigilance. And as my remaining innocents sleep peacefully in their beds this night, I must remember that but a short 15 mile drive to the Mexican border an unholy hoard of Mammon's minions that seek to destroy us, work non-stop.
I am of course speaking of the cowards, who steal our children in the night, the drug dealers and their henchmen -- those men who value money over their fellow man.
Grits For Breakfast alerts me to a story in today's New York Times that identifies the jackals that bed themselves in my community. In the photo above lie a group of hired killers, who were photographed and tortured by their rival drug gang.
As the article and Scott pointed out, these are not your fathers drug dealers, they are brutal and ruthless. If you ever wanted to see pure evil, this is as close as it gets. What are we in this country going to do about it? Each day their influence and reach into the corruption of public officials, even on the United States side of the border, grows. Our social fabric and even tolerance for their mere presence is weakened. A good number of these thugs live on the United States side of the border, in the United States border communities. I fear we have all grown numb.
I agree with Scott, that the problem in whole or part is ours. It is this country's addiction to drugs that fuels these cartels. As the article points out, Mexico has been effectively neutralized by the drug cartels. Slowly that effect is creeping into the socio-political fabric of the border communities. If it goes unabated we will see parts of this state or country return to the days of mob rule as in old Chicago.
Wake up America, a venomous reptile sleeps on you bosom and aims to inflict the most painful damage to you and your children. Just how many will be lost is up to the decisions made in the coming year. Will we continue to slumber or will we wait until the late hour? The choice is yours!
2 comments:
Call them cowards if you wish, but don't overlook the fact that drug dealers and the corruption and violence that result are there because of drug prohibition. Share your condemnation with the law enforcement and imprisonment industries that exist as a result of the black market in drugs.
I have encountered this argument before, and frankly was discouraged in the manner it was presented.
I will make an effort to read more on the subject you suggested and try to keep an open mind. Forgive, my anger towards these bruts. They have done great harm to my community and I am increasingly without patience.
My first question would be, do we have a model were you can point to a measure of success? I am sure the book addresses this point, does it not?
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