The Border Problem

I watched the President addressing the Border Patrol Training Academy class yesterday and immediately thought of the National Guard that has been sent to assist along our borders. I must ask this one important question, “Why the hell are we taking trained soldiers, giving them hard hats and telling them not to be soldiers along the border?

There are those who tend to forget that our borders with Mexico are one of the most dangerous places in America, people die there, drugs are big business and so is illegal immigration and they protect their investment when smuggling.

Even the minutemen organization are armed and protected for Pete’s sake.

When I first read the National Guard would provide a support role only I assumed they would at least appear as a fighting military person, not a bulldozer operating, earth mover. If that is going to be the case then send them home and bring in more minutemen, at least they are a deterrent of sorts, civilian clothes, but a damn deterrent!

We need better security along our borders or we will have a situation as Canada is presently going through. We have one Border Patrol Agent for every five miles of land along our border with Canada, if the bad guys are going to enter from somewhere then that will be the place. Well, that and the place where the mightiest military machine ever to walk the earth are making sand castles and playing tic-tac-toe for something to do.

This is not going to change until some idiot attacks us again, and then everyone in Washington will join hands, sign patriotic songs and swear, “Never Again”, at least until the next time.