Republican Lawmaker: Expand War on Terror to Drug Cartels

[Xicano]

CNS News: April 01, 2011

(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would direct Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) – a designation that would put them on the same list as al Qaeda, the Taliban and Hezbollah.

The designation by the State Department also would make the named cartels subject to the same sanctions as other terrorist organizations, including the freezing of the cartels’ monetary assets and the criminal prosecution of those that provide “material support or resources” to an FTO.

“Cartels kidnap, kill, and mutilate innocent civilians, elected officials and law enforcement, using gruesome tactics to intimidate government officials and citizens to abide by their rules,” said McCaul, chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations and Management Subcommittee, which held a hearing on the cartels on Thursday.


http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/texas-congressman-calls-mexican-drug-car

[Warpy]

1. That's what they've wanted to do since Day One

Republicans are still fighting the hippies.

Never mind the hippies grew up, married, had jobs, had kids, paid taxes, took on mortgages, and are now old and grey.

[opihimoimoi]

2. All they have to do is legalize pot and all this expense of incarciration, penal system, etc will

stop....

Education costs are way cheaper to address the subject....

[FiveGoodMen]

3. If only there were some Democrats who would fight him.

[timtom]

4. My God! These assholes never let up, do they?

I guess I need to apologize to all these political demagogues for having made a choice, while in Berkeley in the 60's, a choice to not seek after fame, power, or riches. And, to that end, I have been quite successful.

I SHOULD have insinuated my way into the political arena, whereby I could legally steal from those who have little, so I could have more. I didn't.

I'm sorry.

I SHOULD have allowed myself to become the lapdog of those powers that were, in order that I might take their place as they fade from this life. I didn't.

I'm sorry.

I SHOULD have forsworn all the human values I cherish so that I could get more for me and devil take the hindmost. I got mine. But I didn't.

I'm sorry.

Well...actually, I'm not sorry one bit. My life has, up to now, been a success.

[Scuba]

5. Scuba: Expand War on Terror to Republican Lawmakers. n/t