If there is an
argument to be made that the United States is the biggest purveyor of
terrorist activities across the world which we justify with the
endless “Global War on Terror” (and that argument is not hard to
make), what does that say about our “War on Drugs”? Look at just
a few of the recent stories from the headlines and judge for
yourself…
The
Justice Department lied repeatedly about “gun walking” firearms
to Mexican drug cartels – There was a policy in
place at the highest levels in the ATF and the Justice Department to
ship weapons to Mexican “drug cartels”. This is at a time
when violence in Mexico is at it’s highest level since the Spanish
landed on their shores. In February the Assistant Attorney General
wrote the following to an investigating body of congress; it was a
complete fiction… a lie… and
congress now has the emails to prove it.
“”ATF makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation into Mexico,” wrote Ronald Weich, assistant attorney general.” the Hill
Darrell Issa has
backed off his calls for Eric Holder’s resignation. He basically
states that since the program is institutional in the Department of
Justice and has been since the Bush administration (yes, yet another
Bush program the administration of CHANGE kept), holding Holder
responsible would be pointless. If corruption existed before the new
head took over and the new head of the department continues the same
corruption and illegality, I guess he gets a pass. That’s what
passes for logic these days.