Ethical Universe

Open letter to President Barack Obama.

Mr. President: Hillary Clinton was exactly right when she called the Mexican Drug Cartel’s organized violence an insurgency. The only problem I have with this label is that it should be called a North American uprising and dealt with by a combined front including the U.S. and Canadian governments – Mexico can not solve this problem alone! When one considers that 90% of the drug demand and the weapons being used by these thugs comes from the U.S., it is the ultimate hypocrisy for the U.S. to call it a Mexican problem.

This uprising must be put down immediately because the stability of the entire Mexican government hangs in the balance. Since a lawless Mexico poses a much greater threat to U.S. security than Al Qaeda ever did, we should immediately withdraw all our troops from Iraq and Afgahanistan and reposition them on our southern border. This action should, of course, be coordinated in advance with the Mexican and Canadian governments. Under no scenario should this action be taken as an act of war against the Mexican government; but, it should be made clear that if our troops are in ‘hot pursuit’ of members of the drug cartels, we will cross the border and deal with these criminals as the enemy combatants that they are, i.e., shoot on sight.

In addition to a frontal assault, we should immediately open up a joint dialogue inside the U.S. government to discuss emergency measures to legalize recreational drugs so it can be controlled, regulated and obviously taxed. We of all countries should know that prohibition does not work! In fact all it really does is give rise to organized crime with the attendant violence that goes hand-in-hand with it!

The White House should cease it’s internal bickering with the Pentagon and congress and spear-head this campaign of drug sanity. Speaking of campaigns, this problem should be escalated to the level of a campaign issue for all political parties – we must get real on this issue before anarchy reigns in Mexico and the south western U.S.

Since Arizona is right on the firing line for this struggle, I would expect to hear a lot from senator John McCain among others in congress; let’s see some real leadership from our elected officials on this crisis, right now!

Finally, Mr president, due to the urgency of this problem, every politico in Washington D.C., from you down to the lowliest clerk should consider this terrible problem as an golden opportunity to address several of our worst national issues at the same time: The wars in the Middle East; the drug war at home; illegal immigration; and yes economic problems here at home and the horrible carnage we are just now beginning to witness. And, by-the-way, Sir, if you put Hillary Clinton on the ticket in 2012, I promise to vote Democratic for the first time in my life!

I will be writing more about this crisis on my website www.Ethical-Universe.com/blog so please everyone join the discussion.

John W. McAlister

Note: I left the essence of this letter at the New York Daily and sent a email to the LATIMES on Wednesday morning. As an after-thought, I would also like our president to know that our good neighbors to the north should be called on to allocate a few hundred acres up in the NorthWest Territories where the North American governments can build a huge prison to house all prisoners of the Drug War in the future. This also seems like an ideal time to solve the Guantanamo Bay facility issue and move all enemy cobatants to the new location in Northern Canada. If the Canadian do not agree with this plan, we could always pick a nice spot in Alaska, only accessible by air. 

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