Guatemala leader to propose legalizing drugs

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10. Where we disagree is as to who are the big alligators.

I think Perez Molina is the little alligator, who is trying to get rid of the big alligators (El Narco). I would bet the cartels are better funded, better equipped, and even less sentimentai about "business" than the Perez Molina. And I think generally, when you see this sort of call for legalization, you will always find fear of El Narco behind it.

I don't disagree with your view of the drug wars motivations etc, but I think we are losing, and will always lose, because we arm and fund our enemies with our prohibitionist drug policies, which create a lucrative black market essentially from nothing, by fiat. It's like trying to get rid of ants at a picnic by shooting them with a BB-gun, one at a time. If you want the ants to go away, you have to get rid of the food.