Democracy in America, an blog by writers from the Economist Newspaper, made a compelling case for drawing parallels between Afghanistan and Mexico. Two states filled with drug related violence, lawlessness, and an entirely unmanageable border. Criminal anarchy at its best. What separates the two cases is America's belief that it can carry out an effective counterinsurgency strategy in one (Afghanistan), but not the other (Mexico). The author notes that "for some reason we believe that American policy is capable of accomplishing things in Pakistan and Afghanistan that we would never dream it could do in Mexico." A very thoughtful comparison.
by William Muck
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