Telling it like it is

Here are a couple of excerpts from an interview with Vicente Fox, ex-president of Mexico, in today's NY Times:


Are you saying America has become less tolerant? 
Yes, yes. And maybe the best way to qualify it is “fear.” That fear has been promoted by those who want to go back to the past, to nationalistic attitudes, to building walls and isolating themselves from the rest of the world.
You think the United States is causing Mexico’s crime wave? 
Absolutely, yes. The cartel gangs are nourished through the drug consumption in the United States. That’s why my position is that we should move as fast as possible into legalizing drug consumption.