Sylvia Longmire : Huge number of Mexican drug cartel members in U.S. since well before 9/11 . We fight in Afghanistan , she writes , but should fight deadly and dangerous cartels at home . Longmire : I'm not sure what you mean by " we fight them here? " $ 365 billion for Afghan war ; she says , $ 1.6 billion for drug war in Mexico with little spent so far .
Sylvia Longmire : Huge number of Mexican drug cartel members in U.S. since well before 9/11 . We fight in Afghanistan , she writes , but should fight deadly and dangerous cartels at home . Longmire : More Americans die from overdose and drug violence than in terror attacks . $ 365 billion for Afghan war ; she says , $ 1.6 billion for drug war in Mexico with little spent so far .