live long and prosper.
Posted on 03/12/2009 7:22:54 AM PDT by Danae
WASHINGTON — President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence but ruled out any immediate military move.
"We're going to examine whether and if National Guard deployments would make sense and under what circumstances they would make sense," Obama said during an interview with journalists for regional papers, including a McClatchy reporter.
"I don't have a particular tipping point in mind," he said. "I think it's unacceptable if you've got drug gangs crossing our borders and killing U.S. citizens."
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Next thing ya know, Otrauma will be wanting to sit down and talk/negotiate with the drug cartel and try to make peace
Yea, wonder what the quid pro quo for that will be. Lifetime supply of blow?
My bet is that Pot is gonna get fast tracked to legalization, and ironically that will take some of the pressure off the border. Pot is so bloody cheap to grow, the profit margins on it are huge. If it gets legalized, and regulated (taxed to hell and back I would imagine), it will make the US market a lot less attractive. And get the bastards out of our National Forests.
But I don’t know, I have not seen a single sane thing come out of Obama’s White House yet, impossible to predict what is going to happen.
Other than MUCH higher taxes that is.
Ours or theirs?
live long and prosper.
Your friends definitely should have skipped their scuba trip or booked it elsewhere. My family was discussing doing a cruise to the Mexican riviera and decided against it because of safety concerns.
Hopefully they return home safely and consider a different destination next year.
Here is a little history on that "Act"...
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/04autumn/felicett.pdf
I don’t care what Bush would do. The war on drugs has been a failure since the beginning. Instead of militarizing, the best solution is to let the states legalize it if the wish and stop pressuring the Mexicans if they try to legalize it.
Oh, don’t you worry, I do pay attention.
Typical Nero Zero bama say something, do nothing finger to the wind statement."We're going to examine whether and if National Guard deployments would make sense and under what circumstances they would make sense," Obama said during an interview with journalists for regional papers, including a McClatchy reporter.
"I don't have a particular tipping point in mind," he said. "I think it's unacceptable if you've got drug gangs crossing our borders and killing U.S. citizens."
The idea of troops on the southern border has been ongoing for a couple of decades! Most politics is too slow, but commonsense politics is even slower to nonexistent!
Yes, and because illegal immigration enforcement is the job of the federal government, the states hands are tied.
Not according to the 10th amendment, but tied never the less.
Dictatorial regimes in history have been able to accelerate their agendas once those military were positioned along with those dictators. I'm just saying....
The San Antonio Express-News had a column, a few days ago, by a columnist of Mexican descent. A very elderly relative died in Mexico, but no one from his family attended the funeral. They were concerned about their safety in traveling to and from the small town in the interior where the funeral took place. Instead, they held a wake in El Paso.
I have a friend (also of Mexican descent) who works for an import-export company in the border town of Laredo. Part of his job is meeting with Mexican businessmen, who fly into Nueva Laredo, on the Mexican side of the border.
A few years ago, he would make an excursion of the trip across the border to pick up a client. Maybe do a little shopping. Wine and dine the client in Nueva Laredo. Now days, he says he fills his car with gas before he leaves, and the only stop he makes in Mexico is at the airport, either picking up, and dropping off, the client.
Unacceptable? How about a Clear and Present Danger, Mr. President?
“Sending a lot of our troops near a volatile border with so many sketchy gun holders on the other side is tossing matches at the truck of fireworks...it wouldn’t be as dangerous to send troops today...”
It’s MORE dangerous to do NOTHING and leave AMERICAN CIVILIANS at the mercy of a foreign ARMY.
This is what the military is for - TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS FROM INVASION.
Sending troops to secure the border is EXACTLY what needs to be done, and if a shooting war starts, it will ONLY be because the Mexicans refuse to recognize our border.
Real simple solution for it - You tell the Mexicans - stay the F**k in your own country, and nobody dies. You cross my border with dope and armed gangs to harm MY people, you get shot dead like a rabid animal. Period.
This is a National Security issue, plain and simple.
Sure he does. Just not for law enforcement. But for national defense, from a foreign threat, he can deploy the military within the USA all day long.
...the founding fathers provided for the protection of the people from the government
The PTB are getting close to invoking that rule from the citizens.
It's written quite well, and the government has to emasculate and disarm the citizenry before that happens.
It's kinda a race.
I call it what it is, the Mexican have an open insurgent criminal rebellion on their hands. It is located directly on our border and is a clear threat to Americans on this side. Nothing in the constitution that i can see prevents our military forces being deployed in a defensive posture along the national border.
We deploy Naval and Air Forces for other threats at the border, and dont just assume every incursion is handled with a fine from the FAA or a visit from a customs agent.
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