"Tim, I thought you were going to give things a few days to settle down before moving on Colombia," Dad observed.
"I was but why give them time to regroup and counter-attack. Let's take their pieces off the board before they can use them."
"You know, if you take the southern border away as an access point to the largest market for illegal drugs, someone will find another way. Instead of cocaine and crack, they'll focus on opium, heroin and manufactured drugs like fentanyl and meth. Those can be made almost anywhere by almost anyone, given access to the ingredients."
"I know," I conceded, "but just because I can't immediately solve every problem doesn't mean I shouldn't go forward and solve those I can."
"Agreed, but don't forget to consider the new problems that we might be making when we solve old ones."
"So, if you're using the rehab cells for Colombia, you've decided to leave the Guatemalan gangs free?" Dad asked.
