Pubdate: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Copyright: 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Contact: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/letters/sendletter.html Website: http://www.ajc.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/28 Author: Stan Citron DRUG CARTELS REPRESENT REAL DANGER FOR U.S. Since 9/11, America has been obsessed with keeping Americans safe from terrorism. But we have developed tunnel vision in seeing these threats as originating from the Mideast. Our leaders have shown very little interest or concern over the looming threat from our border with Mexico. We have been constantly bombarded with reports of chaos, death and destruction caused by the Mexican drug cartels. Do we think that all of this will remain within the borders of Mexico? With millions of legal and illegal aliens residing here in the U.S., can we not imagine that these cartels will see the advantages of having bases in many U.S. cities? It looks as if our government (busy looking east), does not see the tsunami coming from the south. Stan Citron, ATLANTA - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart