Rudi Guliani has taken a lot of flack for bypassing established figures to pursue the President’s investigation in Ukraine. Who does he think he is? But his activity is not without precedent – a famous one with high stakes when President Franklin Roosevelt bypassed Congress and even his own cabinet to send his close confidante Harry Hopkins to various parts of the world to prepare for U.S. involvement in World War Two.
Month: November 2019
Aftermath of the Massacre
Americans got a taste of Mexican violence, and it was bitter – three women and six children shot and burned to death in northern Mexico. The American media rose to the occasion with a little more coverage than usual of this kind of violence, but failed to do justice to the story…
Time to Destroy the Drug Cartels
It was inevitable. As Mexico’s appalling crime edged closer to the U.S. border, it finally struck Americans – three women and six children, including two eight-month-old twins, on their way to a wedding not far from the border. Shot and burned to death in their cars, the victims evoked horror in the U.S. But in Mexico, unfortunately, it was an all-too-familiar event with murders about to set a record this year. Continue reading “Time to Destroy the Drug Cartels”
Mexico’s Rulers Show Who’s Boss
While the U.S. Government and media are fixated on a narrow strip of land in northern Syria, they strangely ignore the violent tumult much closer to home just across the southern border where drug cartels continue to destroy Mexico and poison America. This is not news? Continue reading “Mexico’s Rulers Show Who’s Boss”