The US has sent drones into Mexico to assist in fighting the Drug War. This is one those slippery slope type deals. It is easy to send military assistance to Mexico to fight the drug war. Sounds great. But it gets a lot more complicated when you see that the opposition we are now fighting against are armed with American weapons.
Furthermore, the war itself is the result of a failed American policy. Finally, what happens when we start killing and injuring Mexican civilians who have nothing to do with the conflict, which is an inevitable by-product of drone attacks? With the Obama administration, especially Joe Biden, unwilling to treat the drug problem as a health problem, and stepped up rhetoric about "our" war in Mexico, it seems likely that we are going to see more, not less, violence in Mexico.
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