Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
before you go shooting answers, read the whole post first.
Ok, where to begin. we're in iraq, losing soldiers, wasting money, and wasting time. Granted they could be a threat to the u.s., as long as we keep security tight over here, it would be pretty hard for them to make way into the u.s. and even if they did, there's no way they could defeat us on our own land, at most they might make a small dent. they're over seas, seperated from usthey can't just run over some magical border and start attacking. ok, now onto my real question/point. i was watching america's most wanted today (as i do every saturday, i kind of expect to see my father on it someday, and would be the first to call in a tip) and i learned of something that could very easily become a major problem for us. i'm sure you've all heard of the drug cartels in mexico, but i'm pretty sure none of you even realize the extent to what is really going on over there. if anyone watched it, yes this is pretty much just repeated, this is for those who didn't see it. these drug gangs over there, are causing pure mayhem, havok and terror. these guys aren't afraid to have a full fledged shoot out in broad daylight, they have just about every weapon you can imagine from rocket launchers, grenades, to automatic rifles and .50 caliber MG's mounted on top of suburbans. they are kidnapping just about ANYONE they think is linked to money, and the majority of them are american tourists. some of the severe problems are right in our back yard, just across the border of larado tx. if you go there in suit and tie, you run a high risk of being kidnapped for ransom, and they aren't afraid to kill you if they don't get what they want. if you own a fancy car, if you have on expensive looking jewlery, if you own a buisness, anything, absolutely anything that makes them think you're worth more than 5-600 dollars you are a target. the worst part about it all, is the police. the police aren't even doing anything about it, they won't even help people that want answers for themselves. this guy's daughter was kidnapped and was never found again, he's an ex-fbi agent trying to get to the bottom of it. he spent months looking for clues, and the police told him they knew nothing. he found her car, in a pollice impound lot, he was told he could get it without a title over the phone, when he went there, they changed their story. and as said on the program, the average officer over there makes less than 700 dollars a month, so they are very easily bribed. so why are we even in iraq, when we have a more serious, threatening probelm just on other other side of our border? keep in mind two things, because i can just feel someone on bush's side would say something along these lines. it's not our war so we shouldn't fight is not a valid excuse becasue neither was the terrorist attacks over in iraq, we're no more safer now, then we were pre 9-11, especially since there are terroist linked people already living in this country. second, americans are the majority (by far, not like 55% american, 45% other, i'ts more along the lines of 85% american) target of these gangs.
