Obama appointee: More killings a sign of success in the drug war..

[Fumesucker]

There are times when smart people say things that are just so bone stupid that they couldn't possibly be doing anything other than lying..

This is one of those times..

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/146090/how_many_mexican_drug_war_deaths_can_we_attribute_to_u.s._pot_laws

March 18, 2010

It was less than one year ago when acting U.S. DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart publicly declared that the escalating violence on the U.S./Mexico border should be viewed as a sign of the “success” of America’s drug war strategies.

“Our view is that the violence we have been seeing is a signpost of the success our very courageous Mexican counterparts are having,” said Michele Leonhart, who was recently nominated by President Obama to be the agency’s full time director. “The cartels are acting out like caged animals, because they are caged animals.”

Well, if the DEA’s chief talking head thought that some 6,300 drug cartel-related murders in 2008 was an indication of progress, one can only imagine that she believes that this weekend’s south-of-the-border killing spree — which included the murder of a pregnant U.S. official and members of her family — must be downright victorious.

To rest of us, however, these acts are nothing short of a senseless tragedy — a tragedy made all that much more heart-wrenching because it is U.S. policy that is helping to fuel this violence.

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[Grand Taurean]

2. Any dog can be a bureaucratic establishment tool.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Same kind of thing happened when alcohol was prohibited.

Don't know if it was on the same scale, but same kind of thing.

Step 1: Prohibit something people want.

Step 2: This produces a black market.

Step 3: Suppliers in this market must evade the law and also protect their product and money since the law won't help.

Step 4: Violence.

Step 5: Idiots blame the violence on everything except the real cause (the prohibition) and escalate the battle.

Lather, rinse, repeat.