Obama and US commander discuss military intervention in Mexico

wsws.org by Bill Van Auken | Mar. 10, 2009 (News Report)

In a telephone press conference conducted as he returned from Mexico, Mullen said that the Pentagon was prepared to help the Mexican military employ the same tactics that US forces have applied in counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: War, Latin America, Mexico, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 10, 2009 - 9:41 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 10, 2009 - 9:41 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 10, 2009

Hmmm. A war to support the rich corporate politicos of Mexico against the poor?

What is deliberately obscured in all of these responses to the situation in Mexico, is that the decision of Calderon to pursue a militarized response to the longstanding ... More »

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