have repeatedly said that drug cartels are neither an insurgency nor terrorist organizations because the purpose is neither to destabilize the government nor promote a political ideology. their level of cruelty is unprecedented, but they don t hate a particular group. their only motive, mexican authorities say, is hard, cold cash. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. thanks to him. of course, prices at the pump, you noticed, going up just a bit. soaring, others would say. everyone is looking for a bargain on gas. maybe not the best bargain, but we can help you find the cheapest gas in your area. some simple stuff here. i ll have the ideas for you here in a moment. [ male announcer ] this is the story
unprecedented but they don t hate a particular group. their only motive, mexican authorities say, is hard, cold cash. rafael romo joins me now. probably sounds to some that the mexican ambassador is defending the cartels. his point is that he would rather have the cartels be called transnational criminal organizations because if you have an organization in your country that s a terrorist organization, then what happens is your country friendly to terrorist groups? antiterrorist organization and mexico does not want to be in the group of middle eastern countries that harbor terrorist organizations. what are you hearing anything at all from other lawmakers, whether they support this measure or not? there are i got in touch with the office of representative mccall and they say that at least three other representatives, including a democrat, from el paso, texas which has seen its share of violence silvestre reyes, is supporting this. there seems to be some support for it alre
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executed. and at a principle because we owe them and those that lost their lives. you said he s hiding. is he hiding or is he being protected? and the difference is not one without significance in my view. if he s being protected by forces within the pakistani government, the isi, whoever it may be, that creates an entirely different set of issues for us with respect to pakistan and afghanistan. which do you think it is? there s a gray area in there. do they really want him? did they want him in the beginning beginning? why haven t they captured mullah omar and turned him over? this is something they should do immediately and that would help us and provide great assistance to us in terms of the fight where americans are dying. this goes to the very heart of the problem i think so many people have with our policies in afghanistan and consequently in pakistan. we don t know who our partners are. we know who they pretend to be. the pakistani government, karzai over in afghanistan, t
corruption. we had duke cunningham, democrats come in, they re going to clean the place up. you got william jefferson with cold cash in the refrigerator and then indicted for racketeering. now you got charlie rangel. then you have promises made but not delivered. this was going to be the new bipartisan era. you didn t see it on the floor there. you didn t see it in health care or financial reform. there was supposed to be transparency. you get a guy appointed head of cms to control the funding for medicare and there is no hearing or discussion. finally and most importantly americans are thinking that nearo is fiddling while rome is burning. you have 9.5%, 10% long-term unemployment and congress is talking about health care, cap and trade, the president is talking about don t ask don t tell. i think people are upset with congress for a lot more substantive reasons than simply spirited debate on the floor. but they also see a congress in which each side is so invested in making the oth