them, as was done by president uribe in colombia, or they will continue to grow as a state within a state. is a cancer. you can t keep it under control. you have to go after these cartels and destroy them. greta: if we do nothing, then what? i think the level of violence in mexico increases. the power of the government decreases, flow of drugs into the united states gets worse. and the power of the gangs in the united states who are the final transmission belt for these drugs increases. greta: i talked to two americans living in mexico for a number of years. they said the problem is the american appetite for drugs. their viewpoint. americans living in next at least these two as well as mexicans, the problem is that we drive it. well, i think in part we do. if this demand for drugs didn t exist, you wouldn t see the drug cartels. mexico is wrong to say we are part of the problem because of the guns and that sort of thing. they can get guns anywhere. where is the president of the