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2009-03-28 Caribbean-Latin America

WT exclusive: Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 No Sh IT? I had Hezbullah living next to me for 3 years before you wrote this article.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-03-28 02:15|| 2009-03-28 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 But, but, but our challenge along the border is a "law enforcement issue, not a STRATEGIC issue." [snark off]

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-28 04:46|| 2009-03-28 04:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Say "Thank you, Miz Rice".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-28 06:11|| 2009-03-28 06:11|| Front Page Top

#4 The Iran-backed Lebanese group has long been involved in narcotics and human trafficking in South America's tri-border region of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Increasingly, however, it is relying on Mexican narcotics syndicates that control access to transit routes into the U.S.

Which means that when the Mexican cartels are shut down, Hizb'allah loses export ability, yes?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-03-28 08:10|| 2009-03-28 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Rantburgers and people along the southwest border have had this concern for some years. Is there anyone in Washington that is awake to the interests of the US and not involved in some self-interests that involve some Ponzi scheme to get rich, vote trolling, or some PC crap?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-28 11:41|| 2009-03-28 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 If President Bush was going to be impeached, his failure to secure our southern border would have been a valid article. His passive resistance to doing anything down there was a gross dereliction of duty.

Hillary Clinton going down to Mexico and apologizing for our contribution to the problem showed weakness and where her head was really at. We and Europe have a serious drug problem. The money generated by this trade is staggering, all going to narco lords or terrorist organizations. But Mexico has been a country with a corrupt govt for many years. The money from the narco trade has bought off anyone in govt that needs to be bought off.

So what do we do?
1. Build the wall and a no-go zone along the border.
2. Patrol it with the military. People sneaking through are subject to lethal force.
3. Get energy independent as much as possible. Mexico is unstable and thus our crude supplies could be cut off by the fall of the govt.
4. Get food independent from Mexico.
5. Give assistance to the Mexican govt where appropriate. However we cannot bail them out. We are broke.

None of this will happen because the Big O Admin is more concerned with our global image and want to be loved. We have a marxist regime that is bent on dismantling the fundamental tenants of our republic. Hezb'Allah is a symptom of the bigger problem, but not the main problem, which lies in the Congress and the White House.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-03-28 12:18|| 2009-03-28 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I saw question Tim Geither being questioned before Congress recently. I think it was Donald Manzullo doing the questioning. Geither could not answer what authority gave him the power to do the things he is doing and proposing. He had extreme difficulty answering the questions. One of the reasons the Democrats have difficulty answering such questions is that they do not particularly like the Constitution as a foundation to carry on the business of government. It is a documented to be circumvented rather than followed.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-28 12:48|| 2009-03-28 12:48|| Front Page Top

#8 The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence provides the path to be followed when government doesn't meet the needs of the people. Obambi may be just the president to drive enough people to the extremes of changing government from the outside, not the inside.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-28 14:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-28 14:10|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't know WTF this mean's but I'd like to repeat it some it can become some sort of memcleche.

Say "Thank you, Miz Rice".

Posted by Shipman 2009-03-28 14:24|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-03-28 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe it means that Miz Rice was instrumental in getting the Juice to call off their offensive against Hezbollah in 2006. She should have sent arclights instead to help the Juice break their bunkers and break them. They need to be broken.

Which means that when the Mexican cartels are shut down, Hizb'allah loses export ability, yes?

I wouldn't hold my breath. There's just too much corruption on both sides of the border. They can't properly see the threat posed by terrorists because they're blinded by greed.

In summary: What Alaska Paul said.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-28 15:02|| 2009-03-28 15:02|| Front Page Top

#11 2006, 2006.... hmmm. What else was happening in that part of the world in 2006 that might have influenced the Bush administration?

Hey, I've got it!!! maybe the fact that we had not surged into Iraq yet, that the insurgency was at its full flower and that the Iraqi govt wasn't really stable at all yet.

Oh, and add in the deep desire of Iran to draw us into an all-out regional conflict in which we'd truly be mired, since we would NOT use nukes etc.

You know, there's a lot to disagree with in the Bush policies. But it's awfully easy to sit back and call for arclights when you're not in the Oval Office. Things look a lot different when you're responsible for the impact of decisions on our troops and allies in theater, not to mention the follow-on effects.

Leaving Hizb'allah wasn't a great option. It was, arguably, a reasonable one in the circumstances.

Posted by lotp 2009-03-28 17:20|| 2009-03-28 17:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Hezzies are probably headed for Maryland.

Posted by William Marcy Tweed 2009-03-28 19:54|| 2009-03-28 19:54|| Front Page Top

#13 The problem with leaving Hezbollah intact in 2006 is they now threaten to take control of Lebanon giving the Mad Mullahs a vassal state right next door to Israel and making a mockery of democracy in the Middle East. Uh-huh. Didn't really expect W to authorize an arclight. I know he knows more than I do. But I don't have any faith in the UN peace keepers either. Whenever the Hezzies start feeling their oats again, or whenever it suits their Iranian masters, they will make more trouble. Can we arclight 'em then? I just thought it'd be the thing to do with those bunkers that gave the IDF such a tough time.

Posted by Abu Uluque aka Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-28 22:17|| 2009-03-28 22:17|| Front Page Top

#14 How about if we arclight 'em in Mexico?

Posted by Abu Uluque aka Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-28 22:20|| 2009-03-28 22:20|| Front Page Top

#15 Why not both, Abu UE? :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-28 22:25|| 2009-03-28 22:25|| Front Page Top

#16 I'd like to sign up for that newsletter. Any writing that blames Condi for Isrels decades long failure to deal with the Hezzies is bound to be an interesting read.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-03-28 23:28|| 2009-03-28 23:28|| Front Page Top

#17 It's a violo-erotic fantasy to think that arclighting Lebanon would have 'dealt' with Hezballah.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-03-28 23:30|| 2009-03-28 23:30|| Front Page Top

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