Political Victory?

Gonzales announced the indictments of 50 colombian drug lords today.

The catch? They are all still in Colombia. He claims to be persuing extradition, but getting a rich and powerful man out of a country rife with coruption is not likely to happen.

Right. So....we have indicted a man who lives beyond laws. His entire existence is based on flooding the streets of the U.S. with illegal drugs and flaunting it in the face of american law enforcement. Does anyone think that being indicted will inspire this man to stop sending drugs to the U.S.? If anything this is a happy day because he now has a cool new nickname: Narcoterrorist.

It seems to me that these indictment and the publicity and fan fare are more about making the attorney general's office and the government he works for look good. No one in washington really thinks this was a major blow in the war on drugs.