Thread: Mexican public warming to US military aid in drug war?

Mexican public warming to US military aid in drug war?

Although a broad majority of Mexicans still oppose US troop support to maintain law and order in Mexico, a new survey indicates a growing percentage of the Mexican public support US assistance.



By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / September 1, 2011
Mexico City

Since the days of the Mexican-American War, US intentions south of the border are regarded with the highest degrees of suspicion. Today, as Mexico struggles under a barrage of violence related to drug trafficking, the idea of American military assistance is anathema to the public.

But that might be starting to change. A majority still opposes such a scenario. But according to a Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project survey released Wednesday, that opposition is shrinking. Of Mexicans surveyed, 38 percent favor US troop help today, up from 26 percent in 2010.

Seventy-four percent say they welcome US help to train police and the military, and 64 percent support more money and weapons for Mexican authorities.

Those changing views have not registered among politicians in Mexico, where the US stepping too hard is always an opportunity to appeal to the electorate.

Case and point is the brouhaha unleashed after the New York Times published an article in early August about US intelligence officers operating south of the border to help combat traffickers with the cooperation of the government.

Mexican opposition Senator Ricardo Monreal Avila put it bluntly to the local press: "Since the days of Santa Anna we have not had such a sell-out and unpatriotic government,â€

We all know the U.S could quite quickly stop the majority of illegal alien, and illegal contraband coming through our ports and borders. If our damn treasonous government had the will.
The question is not how... It is why not? It is time they come clean because there is a bunch of pissed off Americans that already know the answer!

Seventy-four percent say they welcome US help to train police and the military, and 64 percent support more money and weapons for Mexican authorities.

Last time we "helped", we "helped" create the Zetas. Time to put our military on the border and let mexico deal with its own problems.
No more help from us!!

We should also send back all their nationals so they can fight for their beloved mexico. They in turn can take their anchors back with them. Maybe they can put the FREE education they got here to good use.

Round em up. ship em back and seal the border shut, mexico is NOT "our friend"!!