Over the last few months the media has been playing up the “Mexican Drug Cartel War” in order to lull the public into what we will call the Obama solution. I am here today to say that this is totally unnecessary and that a much better solution is just staring us all in the face. But the Corporate Controlled Media won’t allow the public to give serious consideration to this alternative so I am filling that gap with this video on March 25th, 2009.
The superior solution is Marijuana Re-Legalization, specifically through implementation of the MERP Model. And if I can convince you then please spread the message far and wide so that Obama is not allowed to start a completely unnecessary war along the Mexican-American border.
First consider a hypothetical situation. You are being chased by a huge mad dog and you have 2 choices. One, you could stand you ground and fight the dog. Or, two, you could slip inside a nearby room and simply close the door. Obama’s plan can be compared to “fighting the dog,” whereas my plan, the immediate implementation of the MERP Model, could be compared to simply “closing the door.” I think it will become apparent that “closing the door” has two incredible advantages: (1) you won’t get hurt and (2) you will easily be able to resolve the problem by retrieving your gun or calling animal control
Of course the “mad dog” in this analogy would be the Mexican Drug Cartels who have infiltrated over 230 American cities and have shown themselves to be as well equipped as our own military forces. Perhaps that is because we actually gave military training to the most dangerous Cartel Drug Gang: the Zetas. In any case the Mexican Drug Cartels are a most formidable opponent indeed. Of course the only reason they are able to afford these weapons is because they are sending about 38 Billion, in United States consumer dollars, south to Mexico each and every year
According to Lou Dobbs, Obama’s “fighting the dog” plan consists of the following:
The plan calls for sending 100 ATF agents to the southwest border, adding 16 new DEA positions, tripling the number of intelligence analysts and stepping up screening of railcars headed southbound to Mexico, part of the effort to stop the flow of drugs and keep violence from further spinning out of control.
Here’s how Iraqi War correspondent Michael Ware accessed Obama’s proposed plan:
“Well, you certainly have to applaud any measure. But I have to say, from what I've seen so far in Mexico -- and I'm about to be spending a lot more time there -- this is a drop in the bucket, finger in the dike stuff.
He then basically concluded that in order to fight 100,000 highly militarized drug cartel members, we would have to intervene militarily or legalize the drugs. Or as he put it:
“You either legalize these things, and cut the demand, or you're going to have to intervene.”
Now any thinking American should now realize that Obama’s “fighting the dog “ plan will result in numerous US casualties and there is very little chance that it will destabilized the Mexican Drug Cartels.
But we don’t have to legalize all drugs: just Marijuana. Let me briefly explain:
70 percent of the Mexican Drug Cartel profits ($38 billion a year) are generated from the sale of Marijuana in the United States. So if you simply allow personal cultivation, by American Citizens, the Mexican Drug Cartels would literally be eliminated within weeks. And without even regulating or taxing Marijuana it would keep at least $27 Billion dollars in the US economy each year after Marijuana Re-Legalization is fully implemented.
Now in order for this to work we have to implement a Model for Re-Legalization that completely takes the “black market” profit out of the Marijuana market. There is only one plan that will effectively do this and it is known as the MERP Model. What sets this model apart from all other models is the fact that it allows unlimited personal cultivation by all American Citizens.
By doing this Americans can grown their own, for free, and forever deprive the Mexican Drug Cartels of the $300 to $500 an ounce that Americans are currently paying. With 70 percent of their profits gone they will quickly go out of business and nearly 27 billion dollars will stay in the United States each year following the implementation of the MERP Model.
I have already produced a number of videos that explain the merits of the MERP Model in much greater detail and also describes how you can get involved in order to make Marijuana Re-Legalization a reality: possibly before the end of 2009.
You should also know that I have challenged many of the other “drug reform organizations,” such as the “Marijuana Policy Project” and the “Drug Policy Alliance” to come up with a better solutions to this problem. So far they have refused to accept this challenge.
As soon as you are done watching this video, there is something that I want you to do each week until Marijuana is Re-Legalized under the MERP Model.
I want you to call Obama and their Federal Representatives and tell them not to move forward with Obama’s “militarist” solution to the “Border Cartel Drug Wars.” Then demand that they Re-Legalize Marijuana immediately, by implementing the MERP model. Implementing MERP will guarantee the destruction of the Mexican Drug Cartels without sacrificing even a “pennies” worth of our invaluable blood or treasure. And unlike President Obama’s “plan” MERP will not cost the taxpayers a penny and it is guaranteed to end the violence once and for ever. This is a far better alternative to Obama’s plan which military expert Ware said had almost to chance of succeeding.
Here are the numbers to call:
Federal House and Senate (202) 224-3121
Office of the President (202) 456-1111
Also go to MERP Headquarters often to see what else you an do help with the implementation of the MERP Model:
I would also consider Obama’s rejection of this superior and elegant solution to signal an allegiance to the Global Elitists rather than to the American People. There is absolutely no logical argument Obama could possibly put forward that would negate the benefits of immediately implementing the MERP Model. Implementing MERP is a “game changing” move that will leave every honest citizen, of both Mexico and the United States, far better off than if they are forced to accept Obama’s less effective and more violent alternative.
We need to send a message to Obama that is a bit stronger that “Yes We Can.” What we need to do is say Yes We Demand the Immediate Re-Legalization of Marijuana under MERP or you’re not serving a second term in office. Current circumstances demand quick and decisive action from our President and Congress.
What it really boils down to is this President Obama. There is absolutely no need to “fight the dog” when Re-Legalizing Marijuana will close the doors on both Marijuana Prohibition and the Mexican Drug Cartels. It takes care of both problems without the use of violence, money or the loss of life. How can you possibly argue against that?
When the going was hairy in Iraq, CNN appointed foreign correspondent Michael Ware to cover the carnage and idiocy passing for foreign policy in the Bush administration. Michael Ware was not part of the officially okayed bunch of clowns the Bush administration “embedded” with the US troops and told what to say and how to say it. Ware never shied from letting it be known (which was often) when he thought the US generals were off base and doing our troops a disservice.
Ware has an Australian accent, but he had lived in Baghdad since before the US invasion. He is now 40 years old and CNN has sent him to Mexico to have a look-see at the drug war.
Last night, Michael Ware reported back to Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. Blitzer asked if the beefing up of the US border with Mexico would make a difference.
Ware said, “Well, you certainly have to applaud any measure. But I have to say, from what I've seen so far in Mexico -- and I'm about to be spending a lot more time there -- this is a drop in the bucket, finger in the dike stuff.
“I mean let's not forget what's driving this war. It's two things. One is the profit motive of the cartels. And beefing up the border even more hasn't stopped them so far. When they closed the routes through Florida and the Caribbean for the Colombian cartels, that's when the Mexican cartels took over and said we'll get it in.
“I don't see that being stopped. We can disrupt it, make business more expensive, but it's not going to stop because they have the other coastline—the land border and they’ll never shut that tight.
“Have you seen the drug subs? The guerrillas in Colombia actually built drug submarines that were able to skim just under the surface of the water, carrying as much as a ton of cocaine. And in the last couple of years, there's been increasing interceptions of those.”
Ware estimates the drug cartels have 100,000 foot soldiers. These are well-armed troops with fully automatic weapons -- grenades and .50 caliber Barrett sniper rifles. “Now, these are a military weapon that I've only ever seen in the hands of the Marines and the U.S. Army,” Ware said.
Blitzer asked for a comparison between the troops in Iraq and the drug cartel troops in Mexico. Ware said, “ Well, I'm very shy of making comparisons between a holy war or a political insurgency in Iraq and a profit-motivated drug war in Mexico.
“However, I have to say, when I was in Juarez, the city that's right on the border with El Paso, the front line town, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was in the midst of an insurgency.”
Blitzer asked about the Mexican military, if it doesn’t have the capability to deal with the drug cartels.
Ware said, “Oh, Wolf -- Wolf, please. Please. Look, already the Mexican military has as many as 45,000 troops in the field, in their own country, fighting their own citizens. Now, this is a military trained like anyone else's military, to defend the sovereign territory of their country. And now they're being turned into super armed policemen, because you can't trust the local police. They're riddled with corruption. You can't...”
Blitzer cut in saying, “But you're not really saying, are you, Michael, that you -- you think the United States should send in thousands of American troops onto sovereign Mexican soil to fight this war?”
Ware answered, “Well, good -- heaven forbid that that should ever happen. But you either legalize these things and cut the demand or you're going to have to intervene. Now, what I'm looking to the White House and President Obama for is a third way. Now, that's what he's going to have to find -- some measure between those two things, because America is responsible for this war, Wolf. It's American demand for the illicit drugs that's fueling it. It's being fought on both sides with American weapons. And it's been neglected by the United States pretty much since 9/11.”
Blitzer noted that secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Mexico later this week; the president is planning a trip next month; and Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano is going to confab with the Calderon government soon. Blitzer said he assumes they’ll all come up with some sort of new strategy.
Ware said Admiral Stavridis (head of Southern Command) went to Mexico a couple weeks ago after which he briefed President Obama.
As Blitzer noted, the big sign that something big is brewing in Mexico is that CNN sent Michael Ware to cover it.
And yes, of course, Ware is right on the money: The drug problem is totally due to American demand for illicit drugs.
When the going was hairy in Iraq, CNN appointed foreign correspondent Michael Ware to cover the carnage and idiocy passing for foreign policy in the Bush administration. Michael Ware was not part of the officially okayed bunch of clowns the Bush administration “embedded” with the US troops and told what to say and how to say it. Ware never shied from letting it be known (which was often) when he thought the US generals were off base and doing our troops a disservice.
Ware has an Australian accent, but he had lived in Baghdad since before the US invasion. He is now 40 years old and CNN has sent him to Mexico to have a look-see at the drug war.
Last night, Michael Ware reported back to Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. Blitzer asked if the beefing up of the US border with Mexico would make a difference.
Ware said, “Well, you certainly have to applaud any measure. But I have to say, from what I've seen so far in Mexico -- and I'm about to be spending a lot more time there -- this is a drop in the bucket, finger in the dike stuff.
“I mean let's not forget what's driving this war. It's two things. One is the profit motive of the cartels. And beefing up the border even more hasn't stopped them so far. When they closed the routes through Florida and the Caribbean for the Colombian cartels, that's when the Mexican cartels took over and said we'll get it in.
“I don't see that being stopped. We can disrupt it, make business more expensive, but it's not going to stop because they have the other coastline—the land border and they’ll never shut that tight.
“Have you seen the drug subs? The guerrillas in Colombia actually built drug submarines that were able to skim just under the surface of the water, carrying as much as a ton of cocaine. And in the last couple of years, there's been increasing interceptions of those.”
Ware estimates the drug cartels have 100,000 foot soldiers. These are well-armed troops with fully automatic weapons -- grenades and .50 caliber Barrett sniper rifles. “Now, these are a military weapon that I've only ever seen in the hands of the Marines and the U.S. Army,” Ware said.
Blitzer asked for a comparison between the troops in Iraq and the drug cartel troops in Mexico. Ware said, “ Well, I'm very shy of making comparisons between a holy war or a political insurgency in Iraq and a profit-motivated drug war in Mexico.
“However, I have to say, when I was in Juarez, the city that's right on the border with El Paso, the front line town, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was in the midst of an insurgency.”
Blitzer asked about the Mexican military, if it doesn’t have the capability to deal with the drug cartels.
Ware said, “Oh, Wolf -- Wolf, please. Please. Look, already the Mexican military has as many as 45,000 troops in the field, in their own country, fighting their own citizens. Now, this is a military trained like anyone else's military, to defend the sovereign territory of their country. And now they're being turned into super armed policemen, because you can't trust the local police. They're riddled with corruption. You can't...”
Blitzer cut in saying, “But you're not really saying, are you, Michael, that you -- you think the United States should send in thousands of American troops onto sovereign Mexican soil to fight this war?”
Ware answered, “Well, good -- heaven forbid that that should ever happen. But you either legalize these things and cut the demand or you're going to have to intervene. Now, what I'm looking to the White House and President Obama for is a third way. Now, that's what he's going to have to find -- some measure between those two things, because America is responsible for this war, Wolf. It's American demand for the illicit drugs that's fueling it. It's being fought on both sides with American weapons. And it's been neglected by the United States pretty much since 9/11.”
Blitzer noted that secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Mexico later this week; the president is planning a trip next month; and Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano is going to confab with the Calderon government soon. Blitzer said he assumes they’ll all come up with some sort of new strategy.
Ware said Admiral Stavridis (head of Southern Command) went to Mexico a couple weeks ago after which he briefed President Obama.
As Blitzer noted, the big sign that something big is brewing in Mexico is that CNN sent Michael Ware to cover it.
And yes, of course, Ware is right on the money: The drug problem is totally due to American demand for illicit drugs.
Please send the link to activists throughout the planet. The translation bar should allow this to be read in any language. The 5-Point Strategy for Marijuana Re-Legalization should be easy to implement in any country throughout the planet. I encourage all groups celebrating the Global Marijuana March to make the immediate implementation of the MERP Model a primary focus of the event.
Call President Obama and your Representatives and demand:
(1) Immediate clemency for Marc Emery and
(2) Immediate implementation of the MERP Model through an Emergency
Session of Congress, similar to what was used to pass the TARP Bailout
on October 3rd, 2008
President:
U.S. Senate switchboard:
202-224-3121
U.S. House switchboard:
(202) 225-3121
The President:
Comments: 202-456-1111.
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
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