Pubdate: Mon, 26 May 2008 Source: East Valley Tribune (AZ) Copyright: 2008 East Valley Tribune. Contact: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2708 Author: Arlin Troutt DRUGS: IMAGINE WORLD WITHOUT WAR President Richard Nixon declared this civil war on his own people in 1971 and nothing has done more to divide and destroy this nation. This failed war goes unmentioned by our presidential candidates who have promoted it to the bitter end. This long "drug war" now sponsors and funds the international terrorism, street gangs, violence, crime and political divisions that plague us. Illegal immigration, gangs, violence, addiction, racism, poverty and overcrowding are symptoms. The bigger picture is that these corporate drug warriors are seizing and swallowing up large tracts of land (internationally) in the name of this drug war. Millions of people are being displaced and systematically driven from their regions and herded into ghettos of economic and social despair. The illegal immigrants who are flooding our borders are fleeing these drug war zones. The lands their families once farmed are being fought over by corporate backed governments, and drug lords. End this unwinnable drug war and lift this dark cloud that has fallen on our nation and neighbors. Try to imagine a life and world without this drug war. Arlin Troutt Apache Junction - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake