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Strong cartels who are actually waging war against each other and the government so i think we have a potential here for american interintervention. am i wrong? >> no, you are not wrong, bill. i think that if you look at the security posture in mexico over the past 18 months, it's certainly deteriorating. you have the new state department travel warning that is out which is very expansive. and that's there is no state inside mexico that's not touched by drug violence today mr. hernandez i you may remember in 1989 president bush the elder invaded panama with 1900 u.s. troops noriega the dictato...

Deteriorating. i think when you get to the bottom of it, bill, this is going to require a presidential decision in order to commit u.s. troops into mexico. when you look at it from a foreign policy perspective, i don't see the calderon government allowing that to occur. so, at the end of the day, i don't see anything helping mexico without a massive u.s. intelligence program to assist. >> well, you would think that that program would be underway now. but the reason -- i don't think calderon is going to get reelected. i think his tenure is short. i also think that the violence that we're seeing...

Deteriorating. i think when you get to the bottom of it, bill, this is going to require a presidential decision in order to commit u.s. troops into mexico. when you look at it from a foreign policy perspective, i don't see the calderon government allowing that to occur. so, at the end of the day, i don't see anything helping mexico without a massive u.s. intelligence program to assist. >> well, you would think that that program would be underway now. but the reason -- i don't think calderon is going to get reelected. i think his tenure is short. i also think that the violence that we're seeing...

Everyone. i know for south of the border and for the united states. those who produce and distribute. >> bill: mr. hernandez, what you are not taking into consideration is that mexico is primarily a corrupt nation. that calderon is losing because of corruption. not because of will. he wants to win. the police department -- the police in mexico from top to bottom -- there is a saying, mr. burton, you know it. it's silver or led. you take our bribe or reshoot you in the head. those people can't stand up to that down there. and that's why it's out of control, mr. burton. am i wrong? >> no, you ar...

Could be down there, not soon but in the next couple of years. the situation is very different in mexico. we have a friend south of us. we have a president felipe calderon that is fighting the drug war. >> he is losing. >> this is a serious situation especially for both of us, your other guest and myself that live in texas. this is extremely serious. nevertheless, if you ask any d.e.a. agent what or the proofs of things going well in a war against the drug lords, they will tell you number one that the drugs are expensive. they are scarce, that's what's happening. they will tell you they start ...