The message I tried to convey to them is, listen, you're our friend and ally. We would like to cooperate with you. The analogy I used was Colombia, with Plan Colombia, where We worked with the Colombian government, we took out the cartels in Colombia. This was under George W. Bush. That's the example. That is the preferable example. But if the Mexican government is going to bury their head in the sand like an OSTRICH that does not relieve the commander in chief of the obligation of protecting Americans. (15:10–15:14)
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Asserts that the U.S. successfully collaborated with Colombia to dismantle cartels.
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