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A new perspective on Mexico's drug war

A Wall Street Journal op-ed takes a look at some of the problems facing those responsible for managing Mexico's nasty drug war, and the new “realist” attitude adopted by the country's new Attorney General, Eduardo Medina Mora.  Mary Anastasia O’Grady explains a new approach that Mora says seeks to curb the  “enormous economic and fire power” of the cartels who supply both the U.S. and, increasingly, Mexico's drug users.  Full article here.