Posted on 07/02/2006 7:24:10 AM PDT by kellynla
Six members of the Union-Tribune editorial board toured parts of the California-Mexico border last week, courtesy of the leaders of the San Diego Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. The visit included briefings on border issues led by Chief Patrol Agent Darryl E. Griffen.
BORDER CITY ONE IN AN OCCASIONAL SERIES ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES
What was most reassuring about the session was the confidence of Griffen and other Border Patrol staff that – given more and better technology and increased manpower – efforts to deter illegal immigration could be much more successful. With at least 11 million illegal immigrants believed to be in the United States, it's tempting to see calls for a big increase in Border Patrol spending as a futile, Westmoreland-in-Vietnam approach.
But what was most striking was the testimony about the sophistication, cunning and resources of the Border Patrol's chief enemy: the cartels running $3,000-a-head human-smuggling enterprises, whose profits run into hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Griffen described a constant cat-and-mouse game in which cartel bosses would make feints at one part of the border to divert Border Patrol resources and then move large groups through an unmanned area – a coordinated effort using walkie-talkies and cell phones, helped by spotters at elevated sites on the Mexican side of the border monitoring what agents were doing on the American side. He told of how less than an hour after a major tactical maneuver by U.S. agents, cartel operatives will have evaluated the gambit and sharply revised their own tactics. He also spoke of a surge in violence against agents.
Plainly, what's going on at the border amounts to a costly, bloody war. The more one sees the issue in that light, the more schizophrenic the U.S. government's approach to immigration seems.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
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B U M P
These liberal journalists manage to see Vietnam in every challenge our country faces. Could it be because the Vietnam War was the only time their lies were believed, and their lies changed the outcome of the war?
Bingo!
"These liberal journalists manage to see Vietnam in every challenge our country faces. Could it be because the Vietnam War was the only time their lies were believed, and their lies changed the outcome of the war?"
I have successfully rebutted Lefties through the years with these three facts.
First, unlike them, I am a Marine Corps Viet Nam combat veteran so I was there and I KNOW the facts of the war(I was also an S-2 NCO).
Second, I remind them of the political party of the POTUS who initially deployed combat troops in Viet Nam.
And finally, I remind them that we never lost a major battle in Viet Nam and that the war was not lost in Viet Nam but in America.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Some areas of the border are sparsely populated and can't handle a lot, but San Diego is one of the richest cities in the world. Makes me sick.
The most effective way to stop illegals is to fine & jail employers.
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