The Long Game -- Newsweek
The drug war—which some pundits worry will never end—is not Mexico's Iraq.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Mexico this week to chat about the war on drugs is the first major diplomatic visit since an American foreign-service worker and two consular officials' husbands were murdered on March 13, allegedly by a street gang tied to the Ciudad Juárez drug cartel. They surely won't be the last American casualties in a battle that often seems directionless and unending. When Felipe Calderón became president in 2006 and launched Mexico's drug war, he warned that things would have to get worse before they got better. Attacking the cartels would lead to a short-term spike in violence, the theory went, as the traffickers would fight over a shrinking market, after which they would no longer threaten the state. But things have only gotten worse, and now observers are starting to compare the conflict to America's war in Iraq.
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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War
U.S., Mexico eye new phase in drug war -- Yahoo News/Reuters
U.S. pledges more help in Mexico drug war -- L.A. Times
U.S. and Mexico Revise Joint Antidrug Strategy -- New York Times
U.S. and Mexico pledge more nonmilitary aid in battle against drug cartels -- Washington Post
Mexico, U.S. Expand Drug War Beyond Military to Social Efforts -- Business Week/Bloomberg
Mexico's Drug Wars Fuel Northern Flight -- CBS
Hillary Clinton Mexico visit: US and Mexico shift drug war approach -- Christian Science Monitor
How Ciudad Juárez was disfigured by Mexico’s drug wars -- Times Online
Welcome Move On Mexico's Drug Wars -- Council On Foreign Relations
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