Calderon Is Powerless In Mexico; His ONLY Weapon: Blame the United States

Felipe Calderon, the ineffective and powerless President of Mexico, rightfully spoke to the people of Mexico after the tragic and most cowardly act perpetrated by the Zetas so far, the burning of a casino in Monterrey, which resulted in the death of over fifty Mexican citizens.  President Calderon was RIGHTLY OUTRAGED.  This atrocity WAS a cowardly act.  The President flew to Monterrey Saturday and personally placed a wreath on the burned-out shell that was once the Casino Royale.  Then he made a speech to the Mexican people.  Did he vow to catch the criminals?  Did he promise new programs to bring an end to the endless "War On Drugs" in Mexico.  Did he EVEN go so far as to PROMISE A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION?

Nope....

For some twenty minutes the most powerful (?) man in Mexico screamed and railed against the United States, citing the United States (MEANING YOU AND ME, my friends) as being responsible for the criminal gang warfare in Mexico, and for all the illegal guns and other arms flowing into Mexico.  AND Mr. Calderon went on to say that Americans (YOU AND ME, once again) bear some of the blame in the deaths of those fifty innocent people caught in the fire.  President Calderon (although receiving MILLIONS of dollars in aid as well as personnel and intelligence from the United States) called this nation the biggest drug consumer in the world.  Well here is the quote:

Part of the tragedy that we Mexicans are living through has to do with the fact that we are next to the world's greatest drug consumer and also the greatest global arms vendor that pays billions of dollars each year to criminals."

Don't take my word...you can read the story here:   http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/26/3316792/calderon-says-us-shares-blame.html

The story also appeared in major papers if you would rather read in "reliable" print. 

So, after this cowardly incident, President Calderon, not unpredictably, IMMEDIATELY WENT ON THE OFFENSIVE by attacking, NOT THE CRIMINALS, but the United States.  But his attack rings hollow when we remember that most of the weapons used in Mexico have been traced back to MEXICAN FEDERAL weapons buying.  Then the federal authorities somehow "lost track" of the weapons (including hand grenades, shoulder fired rockets, C-4, etc. not the type of weapons sold in most gun shops in the United States) time and time again.  This information can be verified by reading the accounts in Mexican and American memorandums outlining the arms deals in Mexico.  Again, you don't have to take my word for it.

Incidentally, in the same newspaper (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) on the same date was this story:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/26/3317008/2-fort-worth-men-sentenced-for.html

So you see that the people buying guns in Texas and other states and transporting them to Mexico account for less than one percent of the guns, and ZERO percent of the more advanced military weapons making their way into Mexico.  President Calderon, again, being weak and ineffectual in his nation, has only one way to SEEM in control and powerful, and that is by attacking the United States, including plying insults - not against our government - but against you and me as citizens of our great nation. 

President Felipe Calderon can scream and cry and yell, and insult all of us.  What he CANNOT DO is come up with EVEN ONE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM to counter the trouble in Mexico and bring a stop to the bloodshed and violence.  Not being hypocritical, I DO HAVE at least one program that will bring immediate results.

Mr. CALDERON, since you "KNOW" that the weapons are coming from the United States, via border smuggling, I propose that you detach a significant military force to your northern border, right down to the edge of the Rio Bravo, and let your troops INTERCEPT the smugglers at the border.  If they are smuggling nearly 100,000 weapons a year across the good ol' Rio Grande, your army should immediately impact the drug cartels' means of making war.  

Next, place only your most elite and trusted units at weapons depots and let them GUARD the weapons. 

Thirdly, appoint a trusted Inspector General and a small staff of inspectors to monitor both the safety of the depots and the weapons confiscations that will (?) be taking place at the border. 

By following these three measures alone, I predict that you, Mr. President, will cripple the ability of the cartels to rearm and resupply themselves, thus ending their ability to make war.

But I have a forth measure for you, Sir.  I respectfully request that you tell your allies in the various United States agencies, and your crying buddy President Obama, that you want ALL US AID to your country curtailed immediately, so that there will be no "bungling" by US authorities. 

If you succeed, by following all these steps, you will no doubt win re-election, Mr. Calderon.  If you do not, your country will be no worse off then it is now.  But please, if you are going to cry and berate and condemn the people of the United States, at least do it AFTER you have implemented ideas that will successfully curtail the power of the drug cartels.  Right now, your cries and tears ring hollow north of the Rio Grande.