The Pentagon recently released a study concluding that two major countries were at risk of becoming failed states--that is, there's a chance of their governments coming completely unglued. One is Pakistan. And the other is one of our neighbors. And it ain't Canada.
At the WSJ, Joel Kurtzman takes a look at how bad things have gotten south of the border. When most Americans hear "Tijuana," they think "spring break!" Kurtzman offers a grimmer assessment:
One center of the violence is Tijuana, where last year more than 600 people were killed in drug violence. Many were shot with assault rifles in the streets and left there to die. Some were killed in dance clubs in front of witnesses too scared to talk.
Is our border really strong enough to keep this sort of violence at bay? I don't want to be alarmist, but I can't shake the feeling that this won't remain a Mexican problem for long.
There won't be assault rifle shootings in the streets of San Antonio, but I'm betting that gang violence will get much, much worse in some southwestern cities. How to deal with it? Danged if I know. A coherent labor policy would be a step in the right direction, though.
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