THE NERO OF MEXICO. AMLO IS IN MORE TROUBLE THAN HE THINKS.

Well, it didn’t take long, but AMLO, who I will now refer to as The Mexican Nero, is finding himself in DEEP…..DEEP…trouble. A few days ago, I posted my opinions on the issue of having a plan incase Mexico turns into Syria or Albania. At the end, I made the prediction the actions of Mexico City would determine how soon the US would need to have this “plan” in place. Well, let me tell you why I think that time is much closer than I believed just a few short days ago.

Distractions:

            Historically, what does every government leader do when he or she believes they are in trouble? Yep, they look for a distraction. The greater the threat to their staying in power, the greater the distraction must become. When Nero became El Presidente of Mexico, he made a commitment not to go after the drug cartels, not a statement, a commitment. Why? Well, for one reason, the percentage of those inside the government he was going to be in charge of paid their bills with cartel money. He had to find a way to show the people he was going to “clean up” the Mexican government, but he had committed to leaving the cartels alone. That created a huge, almost insurmountable problem. How could he show the people he was different but not kick sand in the face of the organization that truly ran the country?

Daily Talk Show:

            The Mexican Nero is on TV, Radio, Podcast, Twitter, Facebook every day, but the event that sticks out the most , is the daily TV Press Briefings. Day after day, he tells the story of how he is cleaning up Mexico. He speaks of the level of corruption he will no longer tolerate. He names  Mexican agencies that are conducting graft at all levels and he usually ends with, “no more”. For the first month or so, this seemed to work, but then reality caught up with him. As he stood their talking about the inequities of jobs, education and living conditions, the reporters sitting in front of him began to ask a universal question, “ What about the violence”? When Nero decided to tell them, the violence was down and “stable”, he forgot the reporters had access to this aggravating item, the national crime stats. Here he was painting a picture of all the social injustices in Mexico and the people began to only ask one question, “ how are you going to stop the killings”?

Look over there!

            What has become his answer to the question he doesn’t want to address? Answer, the quickest form of distraction is to yell, “look over there”, and that is exactly what he has now attempted. If you see the spear coming at you, you need to place bodies in front of you!  All those corrupt Mexican agency heads, they are being placed in front of the public’s spear, but here comes the real problem. What happens when you run out of bodies to hide behind or worse, what happens when those being placed in front of the spear decide to fight back?

            Nero is quickly running out of allies inside a corrupt government. His stance seems to be to keep the “common / poor folks” on his side. Burn everything else down, but make it look like it’s not your fault. If you are sitting inside a Mexican agency and you see Nero proclaiming your office is corrupt, what are your options? How about you turn to the organization that pays you to let them operate in Mexico as they wish? How about you ask that organization to turn up the heat, a heat that only Nero can be held responsible for? Why is the murder rate already of 2018, a record year for Mexico? What level of internal conflict is taking place inside Mexico City?

Signs of even more trouble:

            Just yesterday, Nero gave yet another speech about the pending release of “ all “ political prisoners in Mexico. Just how does that address the out of control murder rate? Look, let me get to the point. Nero is not  looking for solutions to the murder rate. He is building his defensive forces around his administration. Making promises to outlying Senators about the pending release of all political prisoners is an attempt to do one thing, buy allegiance for a pending conflict. You can only toss so many Mexican departmental heads in jail. You can only fire so many agency heads. You can only put so many bodies in front of the spear, but in the end, the reality is going to arrive. Nero promised to leave the cartels alone, but he is using the people inside his government to distract the public from what the cartels are doing. Oh, by the way. When he identifies these corrupt officials, he is removing the very people the cartels are relying on. How do you think that is going to go over? Nero is closing himself off inside his fortress of Mexico City and he plans on having his Farmer / peasant Army protect him from the truth. Last note. Military leadership in Mexico. What is their opinion of what is taking place? Folks, I will now call him Nero for one reason. It appears this guy is fine with letting the rest of the nation burn as long as he thinks he won’t be blamed for it.

            Meanwhile, back in the US…………….well……………………….. I won’t go there just yet.

Picture. I saw this post on Twitter this morning and thought, that's perfect!