3 outgoing conflicts you may not be paying attention to (but should)
3 outgoing conflicts you may not be paying attention to (but should)
- May 13, 2011
- Patrick Morgan, political science professor, is quoted in U.S. News May 12, 2011
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From U.S. News:
The chaotic battle among rival drug cartels and a Mexican government desperate to
quash the violence has raged on for nearly five years. And though the Mexican Drug
War receives more media attention than some other global conflicts, "it's so much
worse than it's portrayed inside the U.S.," says Steven Weber, professor of political
science at the University of California, Berkeley..... Equally troubling is that the
United States is adding fuel to the fire, says Patrick Morgan, professor of political
science at UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences. "The really bad part is that we're
involved in it in two huge ways: one is, of course, that the drugs are coming through
Mexico to get to us. And most of the arms are going there from us." Though arms smuggling
over the border had been a persistent problem, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives came under fire over "Operation Fast and Furious" this March,
when it was revealed that ATF agents allowed guns to cross into Mexico, in order to
track those firearms.
For the full story, please visit http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/05/12/3-ongoing-conflicts-you-m....
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