To: John Jorsett
Wouldn't the locals, many of whom speak native Spanish, be able to make the distinction quite easily? If Middle Eastern infiltrators spoke Spanish, it would certainly be with a heavy accent.
2 posted on
07/16/2004 5:56:11 PM PDT by
JustaCowgirl
(The Democratic party has been hijacked by terrorists.)
To: JustaCowgirl
Yep. If I were trying this, I'd make sure I settled some place like Michigan, where the native Spanish speakers would be fewer. Even so, I'm not sure even accented Spanish would arouse suspicion; we seem to have gone back to sleep as far as 9/11 goes.
To: JustaCowgirl
The article didn't seem to clarify, but I'm guessing that once they're here they drop the cloak of pretending to be Mexican.
7 posted on
07/16/2004 6:02:25 PM PDT by
ErnBatavia
("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
To: JustaCowgirl
Unless they were Morrocans who speak Spanish fluently. But what might trip them up is that they don't speak Anglo-Spanish, a mix common in the Southwest.
To: JustaCowgirl
Scary stuff, particularly for those of us living in little Texas towns. John Culberson is a straight shooter, if he says it it is true.
Lot's Middle Eastern men living in my little town, guess I will put my bar on high alert.
27 posted on
07/16/2004 7:17:39 PM PDT by
jpsb
(Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
To: JustaCowgirl
If Middle Eastern infiltrators spoke Spanish, it would certainly be with a heavy accent.
Nope. Recently it has been uncovered that there are close to a thousand Islamist in Northern Morocco who speak spanish and arabic fluently. Its not hard to imitate a mexican accent with just a little study if you already know Spanish.
To: JustaCowgirl
Wouldn't the locals, many of whom speak native Spanish, be able to make the distinction quite easily? It struck me when I read this that the Border Patrol should simply make sure that illegals spoke Spanish with a Mexican accent to make sure they weren't AQ agents before they entered the country. Then the absurdity of that thought hit home.
39 posted on
07/16/2004 7:50:21 PM PDT by
TN4Liberty
(Kerry and Edwards = Flip and Flop)
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