If you look back on this forum you will see promises of strengthening the border patrol as far back as this forum's files go. As I mentioned to Jim, the flow has trippled during that time. Wouldn't you say six or seven years of these promises and the resulting increase in flow pretty well lays waist to the promise of shoring up the border patrol as a solution to his.
If the government can't follow through on a pledge to beef up the BP then what makes you think the military would be a good idea? Why are millions of people trying to leave Mexico and what is Vicente Fox doing to cause that?