It is not enough to win the war, it is more important to organize peace. Aristotle
Much has been discussed about all the powers and extraordinary tasks that our president López Obrador has assigned to the national army, in recent years in our country we have seen them involved in the construction of airports, it is in charge of customs, the administration of ports , construction of road sections and in internal security tasks and even approved, that he be in command of the National Guard.
There are plenty of arguments that demonstrate the risks of the militarization of a country, it has been clear throughout history that putting those who have control of weapons in spaces of power puts at risk the very balance of power, democracy and sovereignty, but beyond the risks that this violation of the constitutional system represents for civil society, there is also a latent danger within the armed forces.
Beyond the essential function of the army, which is to defend the nation, its integrity, its independence and its sovereignty abroad, there are functions and missions that they carry out directly and indirectly that allow the functionality and development of our country, in On one occasion I had to hear from the voice of an element of the Mexican army, that their loyalty and commitment to their nation and to the armed forces, went beyond mere conviction or an ideological or sentimental element, they commented with great pride, that It was thanks to his enlistment in the military, that he came out of the extreme poverty in which he lived, that he had the opportunity to study, that he had a career, a profession and a position in what he himself called the most noble institution in Mexico, and that for him it would be a pride if one day his son enlisted in the armed forces of the nation, today our army has more than 200 thousand assets, imagine all the human and social capital that this represents for our country.
Another important element is represented by the trust that society places in the army itself, which largely contributes to the legitimacy of governments and to national identity itself, the army represents one of the highest levels of confidence in power schemes, above the president, deputies, officials, judges, people believe and trust the army when it is dedicated to the tasks for which it was conceived.
So what is the double risk to which the army is exposed? The answer is simple and it is the seal of the house of this (and of all governments) FAILURE, like every complex task, there is a huge margin of possibility of not fully satisfying the needs of the tasks that have been entrusted to it, To this we add that perhaps large amounts of money are earmarked for carrying out these works and tasks, but very little for their operation and if as an extra ingredient we add that they are not jobs for which they are fully and professionally prepared in the organization of the army, surely soon we will see them marked by the resounding failure of getting involved in tasks that did not correspond to them.
The problem is that tomorrow when the army becomes corrupted, when the security plan fails, when its works begin to show defects, when citizens lose confidence in it, when it is not an alternative to serve the nation, the stain of failure will not It will be the inept politician who decided to put them in that position, the burden of defeat and frustration will be a bill that will be in charge of paying all of our army and its air forces.
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