The Juarez Surge
March 3, 2009
Federal police check their guns as they get ready to board a plane to Juarez
Not specifically Petraeus-related, but perhaps indicative of the level of the surge’s success that it is now inspiring similar action in comparatively developed countries. The Mexican government is flooding the lawless border town of Juarez with thousands of federal cops and soldiers in an attempt to restore law and order in a town that has become synonymous with murder and drug crime.
It will be interesting to see if the comparison to the surge is widely drawn and how far that analogy can be stretched.
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