Juarez

Continuing the spirit of many of the class blogs, I too was quite sickened by the events happening in Ciudad Juárez as portrayed in the documentary.


However, I think the part that made me feel the worst was when the FBI went done to investigate, but since they only found eight bodies instead of two hundred they left.


Now, I understand that we can't just sent the FBI out willy-nilly, but I feel like helping out Mexico would have been a worthwhile investment politically, and that's not even considering the moralistic ramifications. When that sort of thing is happening just across the border I feel we are politically justified in offering aid. I feel that our cooperation and services could better the condition of the city and make it a safer place for all the women (and men) that live there.



Now, this next bit is very biased from my personal opinion, so I understand if you feel differently. Recently it seems like our government has been making politically unstable moves and moving into situations that we aren't really capable of handling because our motives are either vague or unrealistic. For most of the activity in the Middle East I know that both many of my associates and I were never really sure why we were where we were or what we were trying to accomplish there. Look at all the money, resources and manpower that went into (and continues to go into) that.

Now think about Juárez. We know what the problem is and we have people that are good at solving those sorts of problems. If the local government agreed, we could delegate some task forces to go in there and help solve the problem.


I don't deny that I'm making many political simplifications and taking a lot of the grey out the situation, but I really do feel that that would be an action that I'd be proud to see my nation take.


How do you feel?