War distracting us from War

9/4/2007

From the AP — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Sunday said the United States should step up its war on drugs as part of efforts to secure the country's borders.

He said Americans are to blame for "creating the demand" for illegal drugs that come into the country and give too much power to drug cartels that terrorize border areas.

"They are powerful, they are strong and they have taken over our border cities and there is all kinds of fighting going on in these border towns," he said. "We are creating the demand. We are creating the demand for these drugs coming across our border, which maybe means that we should go back more trying to make some progress and in telling Americans, particularly young Americans, that the use of drugs is a terrible thing for them to do."

McCain said the war on terror has diverted some efforts in the war in drugs...

He suggested that in urban areas, fences or walls should be built for long distances outside the city. Unmanned aerial vehicles and remote cameras can then take care of surveillance in unpopulated areas.