But Placido said he was concerned that Calderón was fighting not only well-entrenched criminal organizations. "He's also fighting the clock," Placido said. "Public support for this can't remain high forever. He's really got to deliver a death blow, or significant body blow, in the short term to keep the public engaged."
First of all, whatever you think of it as rhetoric, it's nearly impossible to make heads or tails of the statement's actual meaning. What in the last century could lead someone knowledgeable to conclude that a "death blow" is possible? What represents a death blow, or a significant body blow?
OK, it's rhetoric, but why is the rhetoric from the DEA always so overwrought? Generals and admirals usually sound like international relations professors. And even if military or CIA guys do make similarly incoherent statements from time to time, it's certainly not all we see from them. In contrast, it seems like three quarters of the comments we see from DEA officials are meaningless rhetorical flourishes like the one above.
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