CBS Evening News: Gun Runners Send Thousands Of Weapons From The U.S. To Mexico, Fueling That Country's Drug Wars
In Phoenix Monday, a gun dealer went on trial for supplying assault rifles to Mexican drug gangs who are locked in a bloody war with authorities -- and each other. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports on a case that's being watched closely in both the United States, and in Mexico.
In the escalating drug war south of the border, Mexican cartels supply the drugs, but the guns largely come from the United States.
"Firearms trafficking to Mexico is a huge problem," says Phoenix ATF agent William Newell. "Drugs go north, guns come south." >>>>>>>>>More
Gunrunning Across The Border In the continuing drug war in Mexico, the assault weapons they use such as AK-47s and 50 caliber rifles are largely coming from U.S. traffickers at a rate of 2,000 a day. Ben Tracy reports.
The Border Patrol said both men in the truck appeared nervous and gave misleading information. A search led to the discovery of five SKS rifles, two AK-47 rifles, two semi-automatic 9mm pistols, one CVA 50-caliber rifle and 7,000 rounds of ammunition.
Instead of providing proper counseling and care for Iraq war veterans suffering from physical and psychological pain, too often the U.S. military is trying to medicate the problem away, according to drug counselors and therapists.
Watch Brian Ross' exclusive investigation, "Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs," Friday, 11-30-07, on "20/20" at 10 p.m. EDT! If you miss the airing the 5 Report Links are below, read the reports, view the photo's, Get Educated As To What War Does!
This Country has been in DENIAL for over 30 Years, on what War does to many who serve In - Theater, and are once again running to that Denial!!
Why the DENIAL, we think We Are So Supreme and Powerful, We Cheer on the Shock and Awe of Total Destruction of others Countries and Populations in Wars Of Choice, not Justified and Based on Lies of the few!
The We are the Great Majority who Will Not Serve, Will Not Deploy, Will Cheer On Like It's Some Great Sporting Event!!
War is Not Sport, and those, the Great Majority, who act like it is, Refuse to Even Pay for what they have done to others, but More Than Willing to not Question what our Military Industrial Complex Skims off our Huge Defense Budgets!
'Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs' - In Their Own Words
The video above is a cut of the lead in by Brian Ross with cuts of four, of the five soldiers, telling their stories, there's also another video at the last, Part Five, todays report. Visit the links, read the reports, view the photo's with further descriptions, Start Crawling Out Of Your Denial!
If you miss tonights airing, ABC's 20/20 11-30-2007, the links to the Five Part Series, of reports, are below.
The following Video is the lead in video with Brian Ross and one of the student journalist discussing how the reports were investigated and put together.
THIS COUNTRY, that likes to think of itself as Numeral Uno on the World Stage, in Everything, Is Filled With A Society That's Concerned For The Individual Only, and while condemning others, Never Learns The Lessons It Experiances or Witnesses!!
We've gone through All This Before, a War of Choice {of the arrogant few, with the Country falling in lockstep behind them} and All that evolves from!
Watch Brian Ross' exclusive investigation, "Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs," Friday on "20/20" at 10 p.m. EDT
The Primer
What was it, 75% of this country were watching as the media were beating the War Drums and that 75% couldn't wait for the promised 'Shock and Awe'! A real live video game brought live into your living room, so One and All could Cheer it on like it was a Friday night High School Football Game, a Battle. Or a Saturday afternoon College Football Game, a Battle. Or a Sunday afternoon Professional Football Game, a Battle!!!
Tens of Thousands of us were hitting the Streets, the Internet, the LTE's, the Phones, warning what was to come, Everything that we said would happen, Happened, including the False Reasons for why we sent out Military into a Collosal Mistake!
What did we get, Few Listening, Many Verbally Spitting on us, and told the Hired Representative Leaders don't listen to 'Focus Groups', and we had Millions of others from around the World knowing Better than our own Countrymen and Women!
There are short video clips at the above links with these Soldiers Speaking about their New Battles, I down loaded 4 other video's and planned on adding them to the one above, but visit the links, read these first two reports w/videos on right, than visit ABC Investigates tomorrow till friday for the other three, and Watch 20/20 on Friday for the Full Report!
This Country Didn't Learn from Our Time, Vietnam, not a F**KING THING, now we have Destroyed a Big Part of another Generation for our Total Stupidity!!
And a word to these present day brothers and sisters, Your Peers Don't Give Much Of A Shit About What You Experianced, You'll See!!!
Do Something Right For A Change People, Make This Happen!!
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead.
Military Spouses for Change are trying to lure Democratic and Republican candidates to address the largest military community in the country face-to-face.
"These candidates are asking to be the next commander in chief. I feel like our families and service members, if nothing else, deserve an audience," organizer Carissa Picard said.
Visit their Site, Support their Everts, Demand the Candidates for the Presidency Answer their Call For An Honest Debate, Contact All the major News Outlets with their call for a Face to Face Debate, Contact All the Televised News Outlets to Carry the Debate, Live, so as many as possible can Listen to these Spouses and Family Members who, besides those Actually Serving, are the Only Ones Sacrificing!
On Tonights ABC News 11-26-07 - There's a short video at site link
They were prepared for war. They were prepared to die for their country. But Fort Carson soldiers say they weren't prepared to come home and fight a different battle -- addiction to illegal drugs.
Many of this country's bravest men and women who volunteered to defend America in a time of war have come home wounded -- physically and mentally -- and are turning to illicit drugs as they adjust to normal life, according to soldiers, health experts and advocates.
Editor's Note from Brian Ross: In the third year of a joint project with the nonprofit Carnegie Corporation, six leading graduate school journalism students were again selected to spend the summer working with the ABC News investigative unit.
This year's project involved an examination of whether, as happened in the wake of the Vietnam War, Iraqi war veterans were turning to drugs as a result of the trauma and pain of war.
The U.S. military maintains the percentage of soldiers abusing drugs is extremely small and has not increased as a result of Iraq.
The students' assignment was to get the unofficial side of the story from soldiers, young men of their own generation.
Today's report is the first in a series of five reports.
Watch Brian Ross' exclusive investigation, 'Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs,' Friday on '20/20' at 10 p.m. EDT
