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MEXICO: ?The Mexico-is-a-failed-state meme is cropping up again in the U.S. media. It does get atte?

By Glenn Reynolds

MEXICO: “The Mexico-is-a-failed-state meme is cropping up again in the U.S. media. It does get attention, which is why the media types go with it. Mexico could be a failed state, but it is a long, long way from being in that condition. It is, however, a stressed state finally confronting many destructive long-term social and economic problems, and corrupt political arrangements. . . . The Cartel War is a mix of counter-insurgency military operations, police action, and social modernization. It will go on for a long time. The point the failed-staters miss is that a failed state would not be able to confront its systemic problems. Mexico, to its credit, is confronting them.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).