The 43 Elephants in the Room During Obama's Meeting with Mexico's President Tom McKay - World.Mic
go to original January 7, 2015

Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto faces ‘perfect storm’ of problems (PBS NewsHour)

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama received Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the White House to discuss immigration, Cuba and the "scourge" of drug gangs, which have laid bloody waste to large stretches of the country.

As Obama pledged renewed support for Mexican anti-drug forces, there were 43 elephants in the room — namely, the 43 student protesters massacred by a police-backed drug gang in the town of Iguala in September and whose deaths have not been avenged.

When the topic was brought up, Obama simply said that the situation was the responsibility of the Mexican police to investigate. But he's convincing no one, given that American money continues to prop up the corrupt authorities committing these terrible crimes in the first place.

...Obama is doubling down on American support of Mexico's War on Drugs. But without actual efforts on Nieto's part to reform the security apparatus, the U.S. will only be funneling more money into an unwinnable conflict. Polling has demonstrated 67% of Americans would prefer the U.S. government prioritize drug treatment over military-style interdiction of drug shipments, while in May five Nobel Prize-winning economists recommended ending the war on drugs as it has been practiced entirely.

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