Yea,if the president was doing his job,we would see articles in the paper not about the immigration laws in arizona,but about how 1500 national guard troops were just sent to the border.....
they need to send them and lock it down. Not so much because of the illegals(then always has been and there are a lot here) but becuase of the war zone in mexico. Everyday i see all the killings in mexico on T.V. They have road side bombs, they are killing US consular employees and they kids, people heads are being cut off and bodys are being left on overpasses with signs on them. mexico to me is the iraq of the south and the mexico gov. say we started this.
So i say turn it into the DMZ and let them kill each other down there. Law will not stop the killing only guns will.
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That was actually sarcasm,because just earlier that day,I read an article that said 1500 national guardsmen are being deployed along the border. But I do agree with you that things are (have?) gotten out of hand down there. In fact,I saw they were getting (or had already) that way about 6 years ago when I read about how rouge Mexican army units had been escorting drug smugglers (with an interview with one of sheriffs that ran across some and been shot at by them).
My feeling was and still is,get some guys down there in helicopters,deployed along the border prepared for fast responses to problems and get the lines of communication setup so that the local LEOs can call for some hardcore backup. If they find soldiers in Mexican army uniforms,don't stop chasing until they are captured or dead,and if Mexico doesn't like it us troops crossing their borders,tough luck,we can just say they were "Rouge national guard units". Another option might be to add some predator drones into the mix. Then you don't even have to chase,just fire the missile from the drone and watch the pieces fly. We have lots of gear that can shoot targets from miles and miles away from the air and never have to leave American airspace. Once we had people on the ground to get eyes on who these guys are and verify they are soldiers,the air power could be brought to bear and these guys would soon learn,its better NOT to be escorted by soldiers because they don't bring you extra protection,they just bring down a load of hurt on you. The long and the short of it is,a drug smuggler is a law enforcement matter. A drug smuggler with soldiers is a military matter and should be dealt with accordingly.
We can instruct our ambasador to say "If you don't like us cluster bombing your solders when the try to flee back across the border after escorting drug dealers,get a better grip on your armed forces"
Of course some might suggest that they would just stop wearing their uniforms so they are not identified as soldiers. Simple solution to that too. Soldiers in uniform,if handled as a military matter are POWs. (But can still be tried for war crimes,like shooting at civilians etc) Soldiers captured out of uniform are hung.