Mexico a Failed state?

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Having just come back from Mexico City, I can tell you most people think it is funny or rude that we are calling them a failed state. In there eyes we are over blowing the crisis there. Yes the Drug violence is bad, but in a large context lets look at it. There are around 500,000 Drug Cartel members and about 7000 have died in a year and half. So your chance of death is about 1%. High but not that high. Lets look at combat death Iraq. About 150,000 troops in Country, with about 3000 Combat deaths. 2% change of death. So it is more dangerous to be in a war zone then work in a illegal and violent drug cartel. Mexico will not fail cause of the cartels. It will fail if unemployment increases or the USA sufferers a lot more pain.