Nugent for Drug Czar
by Ted Nugent (more by this author)
Posted 01/15/2009 ET
One of the most dangerous places on earth is our own 2,000 mile border with
Mexico. Our southern border is a drug war zone, and we are losing the fight.
Know it.
So dangerous is our border that Arizona Governor Napolitano has declared a
state of emergency along the Arizona/Mexico border due to drug trafficking,
shootouts and an increasing illegal immigration invasion.
Our Justice Department stated in April that Mexican drug cartels are the
"largest threat to both citizens and law enforcement agencies in this country
and now have gang members in nearly 200 U.S. cities." This in the big, bad,
brave United States of America! How can this be? DOJ admits it, so now what?
There isn't a city in America that has not been scorched by drug-related
violence.
In 2008, the Mexican drug cartels killed more than 4,000 people. Almost 500
Mexican police officers and soldiers have been murdered since January 2007. It
is a nonstop orgy of vicious, violent crimes against law-abiding Americans
living along that border and increasing acts of violence against our Border
Patrol agents. This is unbelievable and totally unacceptable.
The drug cartels are extremely well financed and armed. They are as evil an
adversary as the voodoo terrorist Taliban our soldiers face in Afghanistan.
President Obama has stated he will go after the cartels and increase efforts to
combat gang-related crime. Good. But he had better be prepared to wage war with
them with more than just soaring rhetoric.
I am aware there are prominent conservatives who make strong arguments in favor
of legalizing drugs. Their argument is that legalizing drugs will take the
crime out of drugs. Not only do I not believe that, but I have never been in
favor of pouring gas on a blazing fire in hopes of extinguishing it, which is
what I believe will happen if ever we are foolish enough to legalize drug use
in America.
We have all the laws we need to fight drugs. What America needs is the
will-power and a renewed warrior spirit to crush evil and evil doers.
We need a Drug Czar who will commit to the American people to stopping at least
50% of the illegal drugs flowing into the country within the first year of the
Obama Administration. That's the kind of leadership America wants and deserves
from its government.
Call me, President Obama. Hippies, dope heads, corrupt politicos and various
other human debris hate me, which makes me the perfect man for the job.
As Drug Czar, I would charge our mayors and police departments to commit to
fighting the drug gangs their top priority. Our inner cities will remain war
zones until we commit to taking the trash out.
America needs to better arm our Border Patrol agents and we need more of them.
The governors of the border states should call out the National Guard to assist
the Border Patrol in securing the border. As Drug Czar, I would challenge them
to do this today.
I would work with the Mexican government and other Central American nations to
root out and arrest and/or kill the drug kingpins and their underlings. Working
with the Columbian government a few years back, U.S. Special Forces filled
Pablo Escobar full of bullet holes. Until assuming room temperature, Escobar
was one of the world's richest
cocaine smugglers and controlled 80% of all the cocaine shipped into America.
I am not naïve enough to believe we can ever fully eradicate drugs. However, as
America's Drug Czar, I would put a big hurt on the drug kingpins and consumers
like they have never seen. Every American who smokes dope, manufactures, buys
or sells meth or uses any illegal drugs is aiding and abetting the enemies of
America. Case closed. This spiritual inbreeding and cannibalism must be
identified, admitted to and stopped immediately. America can, and must do this.
Good over evil. Next.
Rock legend Ted Nugent is noted for his conservative political views and his
vocal pro-hunting and Second Amendment activism. His smash bestseller Ted,
White & Blue: The Nugent Manifesto, is now available at www.amazon.com. Nugent
also maintains the Official Ted Nugent Site at www.TedNugent.com.
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