Something There Is That Does Not Love Arizona

Grand Rants ^ | 09-02-10 | Stoutcat

[Stoutcat]

And that something is the Obama Administration.

Seriously, what has the President got against the state of Arizona? It’s bad enough that his Attorney General brought a lawsuit against the state to prevent AZ from attempting to curb illegal immigration after Governor Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070 into law earlier this year. In fact, A.G. Holder was is such a hurry to prevent Arizona from defending its borders that he brought the suit before he even bothered to read the 10-page law.

And it’s clear that there’s something about the Grand Canyon State which rattles Obama, especially after he promised the governor a staggering 532 National Guardsmen to assist at the border; of course they won’t actually be allowed to arrest any illegals they may spy crossing the 361-mile border between Mexico and Arizona. And it will take nearly a month to deploy all 532 of the Guardsmen...

[Clock King]

Which is fine. Americans should be debating those type of issues: how much to spend on social programs, what is the right amount of government control/intervention. We should not be debating whether our nation should just open its borders and ignore lawbreaking. That should be settled, but instead we have outright Haters of America in charge, forcing us to focus our attention on their attempts to destroy the nation, its culture and its people (yes, they want us DEAD).

[Nip]

Talk about a drop in the bucket approach.

532 National Guardsmen to cover 361 miles of open boarder.

Let's look at the math, always a good place to start. 361 miles guarded by 532 troops, that's 1.4 guardsmen per mile per day. To have 24/7 coverage that's .49 guardsmen per mile per 8 hour shift. That assumes you have no one in either supervisory and logistic positions, non patrolling activities.

What would it take to effectively patrol the 361 miles of broader? Between 10 and 15 times the numbers provided. This gives each mile a squad of trained people experienced in their patrol area. This saturation and experience is critical for the safety of the guardsmen involved.

The 532 deployment makes for good headlines and that's about all it does. What else do you expect from the regime of Emperor Obama I?

[Stoutcat]

Yes, and the sad fact that these National Guardsmen and women won’t even be allowed to arrest illegal border crossers, but are essentially there to observe.

Truly pathetic. Thanks, Obama.

[erman]

What language is that headline written in?

[arthurus]

Siccing the UN on Arizona is the truly impeachable offense.

[Hiddigeigei]

“Good fences make good neighbors.”