Today’s Must Read

by Chris Dierkes on November 25, 2009

Philip Caputo writing on the Mexican drug wars in The Atlantic.  Brilliant (and horrifying) stuff.  There’s no good guys and bad guys.  It’s not entirely clear what the motivations of any of a number of groups are–there are theories as you will see in this piece.  But nobody really knows.  John Robb calls this many vs. many conflicts.  It’s brutal and stupefying.

Update:  D’oh.  Apparently Will already beat me to the punch on this one.  What he said.

Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.

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1 Cascadian November 25, 2009 at 1:56 pm

And yesterdays
http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/the-fall-of-mexico/

2 North November 25, 2009 at 7:59 pm

Indeed, I strongly recommend the comments there. Roque especially has some incredibly interesting and detailed thoughts up about Mexico and the drug war.

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