Article: In Mexico, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of America's "shared responsibility" for the horrific drug violence now plaguing that nation: "We know very well that the drug traffickers are motivated by the demand for illegal drugs in the United States, that they are armed by the transport of weapons from the United States.".(The Week)(Brief article)

* In Mexico, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of America's "shared responsibility" for the horrific drug violence now plaguing that nation: "We know very well that the drug traffickers are motivated by the demand for illegal drugs in the United States, that they are armed by the transport of weapons from the United States." Well, yes and no. She is right, of course, that the drug trade is demand-driven, but on the supposed flow of guns southward, she is on much shakier ground. At a recent Senate hearing, law-enforcement personnel testified that firearms smuggling from the U.S. is a minor problem, with most of the Mexican kingpins' guns ...

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