More than 1,500 Mexican troops have moved into Ciudad Juárez, Mexico trying to regain control in the middle of a turf war between drug cartel gangs. More than 2000 people have been murdered in this city over the past year. The Mexican military is taking command of city police and other city departments.

If you are worried that this is tad bit too close to home for comfort, you are not alone. the Pentagon warned of the possibility that Mexico could become a failed state.

From Time Magazine: 

"The specter of U.S. troops fighting the cartel armies on Mexican soil is not simply a product of paranoia, however. The possibility was raised in a Pentagon policy document last December. The report by U.S. Joint Forces Command, entitled "Joint Operating Environment 2008", focuses on the challenges potentially facing the U.S. military over the next 25 years. It speculates that the Mexican state could face "a rapid and sudden collapse" from the onslaught of cartel paramilitary armies, and says the U.S. forces would have to respond to such a threat. "Any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone," it says."

Recently Sen. John Cornyn sent a letter to President Obama expressing his serious concern over the escalating drug related violence occuring at the U.S./Mexico border. Sen. Cornyn is so concerned that he is urging the President to visit the southern border and see for himself the increasing violence. 

I've written about this before, but it seems this story doesn't seem to be very interesting to the msm. I'm worried when Gov. Perry suggests deploying 1000 toops or border patrol guards on our border. I'm worried about Mexican citizens fleeing violence in large numbers across our borders. I'm worried about an actual battle between our military and the drug cartels. 

I'm worried that we will wait until it's too late to do something about this.