[La Enchiladita]

Please recall that four days days, a NG chopper went down at the CA/Mexico border, and some speculated it could have been shot down. We will likely never hear the true outcome of the investigation, but all NG border helicopters have been grounded since that incident. Would this be so if it were mechanical difficulty or pilot error?

Now we have an armed incursion by land. Why were these homies armed? What were they planning to do? If NG had been enabled to react immediately, we would have found out. Now, we do not know.

Cat and mouse game.

[Army MP Retired]

Sorry to bust your conspiracy theory open... but, when an accident occurs involving a piece of equipment it is standard procedure to take that piece of equipment out of service until a thorough investigation has been conducted.

I still, however, cannot explain the unarmed issue... LLTR

[kstewskis]

Please recall that four days days, a NG chopper went down at the CA/Mexico border, and some speculated it could have been shot down

I find it interesting that this did occur within 4 days of each other.

Haven't heard much happening before that, except that they put the kibosh on the MCDC Operation Christmas Stocking just weeks before. They couldn't even bring them care packages of hot chocolate, sun block, ect...all in the name of "security and safety."

And they had clearance and permission to go down there before they started collecting the items. Hmmmm....

[La Enchiladita]

days days = days ago

(this really helps my credibility, I know...)

[ellery]

You know, the 'toon felt it politically expedient to downplay years of attacks from Islamofascists (including one or more on our soil). This emboldened our enemies to mount the 9/11 scale attack.

Now we have multiple attacks on our southern border, and Dubya apparently feels it's politically expedient to downplay them. This is undoubtedly emboldening our enemies. Given what we know now, I almost cannot believe the same mistakes are being repeated.