Posted on 03/30/2009 11:27:09 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A senior US senator cautioned Monday against deployments of national guard troops to the US border with Mexico, saying such a move would be "premature and possibly counter-productive."
In remarks prepared for a special hearing in the Texas border city of El Paso, Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also warned against the alarmist tone of a US debate over drug violence in Mexico.
"The idea of dispatching the national guard to the border is premature and possibly counterproductive," he said. His remarks echoed those of senior administration officials who in recent days have sought to play down fears that Mexico could become a failed state if it loses its war against powerful drug cartels.
"Mexico is a functioning democracy, with a vibrant and open economy and stable institutions and civil society," he said.
"We have to be very careful about that kind of rhetoric -- not just because it is simply untrue, but because it makes cooperation more difficult," he said.
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“saying such a move would be “premature and possibly counter-productive.”
WHAT????? It’s almost like these people don’t want the border problem to be solved!
Oh wait...
Kerry is an idiot.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a candidate in ‘12 who wants to militarize the Border Patrol- like the Coast Guard? Close the military bases in CA and move them to southern Texas?
(sigh) just wishful thinkin’...
He's the junior U.S. senator from Mass. Drunk fat Ted ain't dead yet.
Says John, "I voted for the 87 Billion, before I voted against it", Kerry. I.E. He is against Defending the Nation. Lib/Progressive Senior Representative
Put Kerry on the border, by himself, and then let him say that. Is he making profits from the drug trade?
hey john, why the horse face?
I dunno
Is it true Kerry was in Vietnam? Anyone? Bueller?
Profits? Nah. He's probably smoking and huffing all sorts of unwholesome drugs, and he doesn't want his supply cut off.
Massachusetts gets TWO senior senators. They must be “special”. Most states only have one.
Okay, then WTF would troop stationed on OUR side of the border do to disrupt that?? They can burn their own country down or raise it to the heavens for all I care, what we do on this side shouldn't matter one d*mn bit to them unless you are all for sending them over here to take our jobs.
Kerry is an idiot, someone should sit him down and explain the reason his face is pictured under the dictionary definition of "jackass".
I think I heard him say something about that, once or twice...
;^)
Gee, I wonder how much he got from the Mexican drug cartels to say this?
What a treasonous fool
I hate America.
I testified and lied under oath.
I am a Statist.
I am a maggot Lib.
For what it's worth. I've long suspected that kickbacks from the drug trade flow into the pockets of politicians at ALL levels of government.
To me, there can be no other explanation for the massive growth of the drug trade, in the face of all the money and resources that are expended in the "War on Drugs".
It makes sense. Everyone has their price.
Wasn’t he in Vietnam?
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