Mexico's Drug War - Our Fault?

Hillary Clinton, currently en route to Mexico to show the U.S. Government's support of Mexico's fighting police force, speaks regarding the Mexican Drug War in response to the Obama Administration's plan to pump 700 million into fighting this "potential new Iraq/Afghanistan"

"Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,"

"Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians. So, yes, I feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility."

"We are going to demonstrate that we are spending it in an accountable and effective manner that will assist the Mexicans in law enforcement and justice,"

"When you go into a gunfight or are trying to round up these bad guys and they have military-style equipment that is much better than yours, you start out at a disadvantage. Since we know the vast majority of that comes from our country, we are going to help stop it from getting there in the first place."

-Hillary Clinton

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And going on a slight tangent, Senators have begun to criticize Obama for not allocating enough federal resources in the fight against drug related violence along the Mexican-US border.

Mexican drug cartels, believed to be operating in more than 230 American cities "from Appalachia to Alaska," represent a "clear and present" danger to the United States, Lieberman said at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on border violence.

"I think you're going to need more resources to get this job done," he told Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The United States needs to "make life miserable" for the drug cartels so "life is better for us," he said.

Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, also praised the Obama administration's plan, but agreed with Lieberman that more needs to be done.

-CNN Article

McCain & Lieberman at a meeting regarding Mexico's border violence.

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It seems pretty clear to me that better gun control is necessary in our country. What do you think about this? Are we wasting precious resources fighting for a lost cause while we need to allocate more of our wealth/resources/focus on our current economic crisis, or should we be helping Mexico fight against a problem that may be our fault?