The problem is that at least a third of those Mexican troops are working for various cartels.
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.
Will a match hit a fuse? Probably not, but if it does, we are in a shooting war with Mexico.
This is the one area that I really disagreed with Bush on. If he had taken steps to secure the border 5 years ago, it wouldn’t be as dangerous to send troops today.
“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.
Bomb the bad guys. Of course, Obama would NEVER do that. I sure would.