Nintendo exclusives have 2 words that the HARDCORZ GAMURZ don't remember: FUN and ENJOYABLE.

Speaking seriously. I think that Spec Ops the line has BY far the best story in videogame history. It makes you think, criticizes the state of the industry and the mind state of every player AND the nature of war. This is a very smart story.

Well.. that is because you are not the producers (aka cartels), but the consumers. Mexico makes the dirty work as drug production goes, and US buys the results...
Think of it as the case of "blood diamonds". The places where they are gotten have terrible conditions, but the guys who traffic it to the public, live in absolute peace.

Not only to celcius, but also to meters and grams. :P

Well... It's not that simple. Yes, local police officers have extremely low wages, but there's also the cartel which says: hey, take this 1,000 bucks or 3 to the head. Your choice.

I think that you have just embodied in a sentence the hatred towards 'MURICA!

I think that you should ask mexicans if they want US military troops shooting in their country. Also, Drug cartels exist because they SEND their wares to the US (Mexican drug cartels exist and got so powerful because of their exports and deals with US), so instead of thinking "we should shoot other guys" you should be asking: "We should solve our drug consumtion problem".

I wonder how much control does the PR department have in this guy's topic...

I am a Mexican living in Mexico Heck. This is a very complicated and touchy subject

So, in the southwestern corner of Mexico (Michoacan) drug cartels have taken the state. It is very hard to intervene, because they have bought a lot of politicians and police officers. The military is not effective, because its orders and training are ment for different purposes.

So, we have half of a state controlled by cartels. There are kidnappings and a lot of extorsions. PEople from small communities started this "revolt" by isolating themselves. Well, kinda. They made checkpoints at the very entrance of the small towns, to protect themselves and their neighbors, but things have devolved so violently that arming themselves was the only answer. This is terrible for a couple of reasons

1. It clearly means that the Govenrment has no strategies or force to deal with the Cartels

2. If people push the cartel away from Michoacan, there is a very real and very probable possibility that the cartel will radicalize and become more violent.

3. If people push away/destroy the cartel, there is still a big worry about what to do with the armed population. Disarm them is the first idea, but how to do it?

I don´t know what to say about it. They are defending their security and their right to live, but whatever the outcome is, it will be messy

You! Go to the corner and put on the cone of shame!