Is America Responsible For Mexico's Drug Violence?

I have long heard about Mexico's serious drug war where the drug gangs often dump beheaded bodies on the streets. As much as I avoided vacationing in Mexico due to fear for my safety, I had put little thought on the cause of the issue until tonight when I read this article.

Now I begin to understand why America has such bad reputation in the world. According to the article, the American people spend as much as US$10 Billions a year in Mexico for illegal drug. At the same time, I have no idea how much of America's gross domestic products (GDP) is derived from the sale of violent guns and weapons to the gangs and drug lords in Mexico that fuel the violence there.

All these make it even more important to secure the border so that we can curb the smuggling of Billions of USD and lethal weapons south to Mexico and also stop the smuggling of illegal drug into the USA.

My question is why the government has never done much to secure the border? Just how the American politicians' brains function ? For those who advocate open border for the migrants, did they ever think about how the drug smuggled into the U.S.A. has been fueling gang violence here in South Central Los Angeles (and ghettos all over the country), where the lower income class and disadvantaged Americans inhabit (the people they claim they care for so much) ? When they're advocating the rights for all these poor people in the third world countries, did they ever think about an insecured border would give the drug gangs in Mexico the lethal weapons to terrorize the cities and towns there, depriving the citizens there a safe and peaceful life?

As for those politicians who fought so hard to object every bill proposed to regulate the sale of guns and lethal weapons, did they ever think that the unregulated, free-running gun sales (any citizens and residents can purchase as many machine guns as they want) by gun manufacturers and retailers will give the American gangs a good source of revenue by smuggling them to terrorists and gangs all over the world, through Mexico?? If they didn't, they better think about it now cause all these American made machine guns are killing lots of people in Mexico and others in the world, through the hands of the gangs and militants. The weapons has made the drug lords in South Mexico very powerful and very resourceful in terms of smuggling drugs into America. The drug black market and the smuggling of American-made weapons down to Mexico is such a luractive business that it's fueling gang violence and crimes here at home.

As for the American public and the Hollywood people who are always protesting and yelling out loud for world peace, did they ever consider that as long as there're billions of American drug money going into Mexico and other third world countries, there will never be world peace? Did they ever consider it's hypocritic for Hollywood to condemn America's unfair military action when Hollywood is one big party for drug and their drug spending has helped endangering their fellow Americans here at home and the poor people abroad due to gang violence? I think these people should spend more time to protest against the gangs and to condemn drug use by our fellow Americans. Instead of marching, yelling and whining about how they are ashamed of their country, they should spend more time educating the children here and promoting the bad consequence of drug use.

I hope people in this counrty aren't chanting "world peace and better lives for the poor" just so they can promote their career, and feel good about themselves. If people really care, they will act to ensure that no more drug money and weapons are going to be in the hands of drug lords and gangs directly, or indirectly.

"Drug is not cool, it will destroy you and others..", I was chanting that even before I started pre-school in Hong Kong. I got that on TV commericals that played in every single commerical break. Needless to say our teachers and our parents preached that day in and day out. Only losers took drugs, people who used drugs should be spitted on, such an anti-drug sentiment was the popular culture. So I was pretty shocked when I heard that even Mr. Obama had taken drug when he was young... Why is drug so much more popular and in demand here than other countries? Can anyone tell me?