Words of wisdom from south of the border

There are words of advice coming from south of the border that the American Government would be wise to consider.

President-elect Vincente Fox of Mexico during recent interviews said that America should deal with its drug habit (his words) and stop targeting countries like Mexico and Colombia under the pretense of fighting a "war on drugs" when in actuality the U.S. merely is establishing a presence in South America�after having lost their footing in Panama�and fueling its military industrial complex (our words).

"The United States year after year blames us. Why?" President Fox asks. Then he raises questions to which the American public must demand answers from the White House, because in those answers are the solutions to halting the destruction of America�s youth and reducing crime on her streets.

"Who lets the drugs into the United States? Who is doing gigantic business in the United States, then sends down millions of dollars that corrupt Mexican police officers and government officials?" he asks.

Answers: It has been argued that the military industrial complex feeds itself by keeping the drug trade going�financing the drug runners and getting paid by the government to stop the drug runners; that industrialists feed the system, those financiers who make their money by destroying economies (and lives) and then rebuilding those economies (These bankers make it unprofitable for a farmer in Bolivia to grow crop to feed his people, but make it very profitable to grow crop to feed the drug industry); that the White House not only has involved itself in arms running, but also through its CIA, DEA, FBI, etc., funnels drugs into the country and the inner cities to fuel the chaos that keeps the Black community, in particular, disorganized and fuels the other industrial complex�prisons.

President-elect Fox tells the U.S. government other truths: corruption has become "a culture and a behavior" in this country and the appetite for drugs by U.S. citizens is fueling the billion dollar drug trade. In other words, if you cure the appetite, you kill the drug trade.

What has led the 13 million-plus people who indulge in illicit drugs in this country to destroy their bodies? What has caused the USA to become not only the world�s superpower, but the world�s super junkie?

In a country awash in opulence, it is one of the most spiritually-bankrupt nations on the earth. It is this spiritual and moral void and the desire for immediate gratification that is ripping the country of its youth and creativity that has made the U.S. a world leader.

Considering the fiasco in Florida that has exposed the flaws in the U.S.-electoral system, but more threateningly exposes the deep rifts in the American population, the next president will be too engulfed in partisan political fights and filibustering to bring focus to this void in the country.

That�s unfortunate because it is these kinds of voids and pre-occupation with worldly things that destroys nations.

They were partying�drinking, smoking, getting high�when the end came, the Book says.