[yskchu]

That is just hilarious; you think the drug cartel can be stopped by invading Mexico?? Did you see what happened in iraq; what happens in Mexico will be many times worse, a full on insurgency, funded by drug money, paid by US citizens...

Our best example of a good way to go about reducing the drug trade is to go the way of Portugal.

[ElCabron]

It was just a way of saying that US has a huge capability (intelligence and military) which could be used and is used when the "national interests" dictates, but it's not used in this case, simply because there might be not enough national interest. Another way of viewing this: US attacks only the dealers that refuse to subordinate (the Talibans were guests in Washington, but something went wrong in this relationship).