The Mexican insurgency
A few days ago a former Mexican presidential candidate apparently was kidnapped. Yesterday half the police force in a town quit after two of their colleagues were ambushed. Attacks on the political and security systems look like an insurgency to me. This looks like a classic candidate for an inter-agency wargame: How could the various ...
A few days ago a former Mexican presidential candidate apparently was kidnapped. Yesterday half the police force in a town quit after two of their colleagues were ambushed. Attacks on the political and security systems look like an insurgency to me.
This looks like a classic candidate for an inter-agency wargame: How could the various arms of the U.S. government, from military to legal to diplomatic, economic and political, help the people of Mexico?
A few days ago a former Mexican presidential candidate apparently was kidnapped. Yesterday half the police force in a town quit after two of their colleagues were ambushed. Attacks on the political and security systems look like an insurgency to me.
This looks like a classic candidate for an inter-agency wargame: How could the various arms of the U.S. government, from military to legal to diplomatic, economic and political, help the people of Mexico?
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