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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 10:21am.
I really don't even know what to say after reading this article. Do I start with Mexican military personnel crossing into the United States more than 200 times since the late '90s? That Mexican drug cartels are running the Mexican government, at times ordering the assassination of Border Patrol agents? That "two Border Patrol agents who pursued a drug smuggler and shot him were tried and convicted by the U.S. government and are headed to prison next month?" And how does our government respond to this increasing threat (and, in the words of Pat Buchanan, invasion)? "Officials say new technologies radiation portal monitors, hand-held radiation detectors and X-ray machines assist front-line agents in detecting dangerous materials that may be in trucks at ports of entry." A Band-Aid for a gunshot wound, that's how. There are currently 150,000 combat-ready troops in Iraq, and I can think of a piece of real estate they should be occupying here in the United States: the stretch of land from California to Texas. Of course, there's no way a government which "tipped the Mexican government to the whereabouts of Minutemen, the civilian border patrols" is going to do anything. Folks, our government is actively working against the American people. One can only pray that the Minuteman Project is only the beginning of the fight.
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Yargh
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 10:33am.Use
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 10:39am.This is a bit of a dilemma. If you believe in free trade, Mexican cartels are simply fulfilling a need. If you believe people should be free to use any drug of their choice, there is nothing wrong with the product Mexico is exporting.
This is why, in order to avoid any conflict for myself over the issue, I would choose to address Mexican military personnel crossing into the United States and would make it very clear that if there were further incidents, we would interpret them as outright military aggression.
It's one thing to imply aggression (e.g. the United States, European Union and Iran). It's quite another to actually have troops crossing over into foreign borders.
We need to guard our borders
Submitted by OlyCop on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 12:46pm.with due diligence, and use force if necessary to stop illegal immigration. I don't care if they are Mexican, Canadian, Irish, Iraqi, or any other race creed or whatever. Stop it, and stop it now!!
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." General George S. Patton Jr.
Right on
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 1:50pm.OC, I'm so pleased to see
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 2:44pm.My target of Mexico had nothing to do with me being "racist" (again, I'm half Mexican).
In order to set the example that it is not about racism, I would intentionally start with those here illegally from European countries and work my way down the list.
With that said, Mexicans (and those from Central and South American countries) are here in far larger numbers than anyone else, hence they draw the most attention.
People also need to realize that Mexican and Central American gangs are extremely violent. Take a trip down to Southern California and you can experience the ride first-hand.
TFI
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 3:02pm.Intentionally starting with those deemed illegal from European countries sounds like a good plan.
I do understand that we are talking extreme violence, I don't minimize that fact at all.
More for TFI
Submitted by Sarah on Thu, 12/28/2006 - 7:55am.