3 Ongoing Conflicts You May Not Be Paying Attention To (But Should)

"Though arms smuggling over the border had been a persistent problem, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives came under fire over "Operation Fast and Furious" this March, when it was revealed that ATF agents allowed guns to cross into Mexico, in order to track those firearms."

Let's break down the background to this slanted piece of wholly-owned journalism:

"Persistent problem": The only problem recognized by the Obama Administration is that it is still legal (in free-er States) for American citizens to buy effective weapons and ammunition in quantity. 35K+ dead Mexicans are no-issue/no-cost for narco-criminals or Beltway criminals. The crime is continuing shipment of weapons to a rebel group is an act of war against the sitting foreign government which the USA is allegedly on good terms with, which I call treason (to use an antique word from our Constitution) without an act of Congress authorizing it. My only question is "Did Eric Holder inform the President (or merely VJ?), after he informed the Sec. of State?". Memos and rats will tell all. Fast and Furious-Gunrunner has become "gunwalker" as known gunrunners are escorted across the Mexican border by ATF/US Marshals/US Customs and Border Patrol/et al.

The firearms became "untrackable" as they crossed the border. I wonder why? If I was a gunrunner, I would find the tracking devices and attach them to a wild dog and let the dog out on a remote dirt road somewhere in Mexico, then continue on to my Narco-Insurgent connection. The Americans can't touch the gun runners inside of Mexico, and they don't dare call the Federales!

The guns and the war for Mexico seems to be of no interest to the US Agencies tasked with securing the border. They seem VERY interested in cooking the "numbers" reported of US weapons found in Mexico.

BTW: If the Authorized Journalists had attended a Gun Show anywhere in the united States, she would find that it is almost impossible to buy an unregistered machine gun or a live grenade for any price. Dealers will not even speak with you or do business if you ask or hint about such things. On the other hand, South and Central America is awash with new-in-crate ACTUAL cold-war military equipment waiting to be transferred to smugglers who will fill their holds for the trip North. I expect that Soviet and US cold-war equipment will begin finding its' way into American hands along with cocaine/marijuhana/meth, to fight the impending war of American Citizens vs. Enemies foreign and domestic.

Thank you for at least mentioning this serious matter in USN&WR.

Cheers.

Rufus13 of OR 6:07PM May 12, 2011