PS

You'd think that after U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for what is it, 18 years now, that there would be almost no opium production there, but it's better than ever. Shouldn't you ask yourself why that is?

How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost

And I'm sure you recall Iran-Contra and the USA running drugs to buy arms to pay off the Iranians for waiting until AFTER Reagan was sworn in to deliver the U.S. hostages. I knew then the Republicans were no longer the same party my father had voted for most of his life. He did, too.

So again, you'll have to excuse me for my lack of confidence in U.S. explanations about anything related to what is going on here in Mexico.