Posted on 04/09/2010 9:08:19 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
U.S. border lawmakers from Texas and Arizona said Thursday they would seek to expedite a transfer of helicopters, airplanes and equipment to Mexico following a meeting the President Felipe Calderon.
Getty Images Rep. Silvestre Reyes
The transfer of equipment was approved by the U.S. Congress in the $1.3 billion Merida Initiative designed to help the Mexican government combat narcotics cartels operating in that country.
Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, led the congressional delegation to Mexico. He said border lawmakers were working with the Obama and Calderon administrations "to develop the next phase of assistance."
Reyes, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., met with Calderon in Mexico City.
Cuellar pressed the president on the recent sighting of Mexican military helicopters over U.S. soil, south of Laredo in Zapata County.
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How stupid can our lawmakers be? Everything sent down there will eventually be in the bad guys’ hands.
Why should it be a Texan liability , propping up the US of A?
What they need is Israeli contractors to show them how its done!
Landmines would probably work for keeping the border sealed.
All Mexicans will be amnesty’ed in as US democratic voters soon. So don’t worry, we soon won’t have any border problems.
This is the first step- sending equipment. The next step is sending equipment along with personel to operate it (using predator drones to track the movements of the drug lords). We could call the personel “advisors”. Then we send special forces to protect our personel. The special forces then start helping the Federales against the war lords. Before we know it, American troops are in Mexico fighting the cartels on behalf of the Mexico City government.
All of this is not necessarily a bad idea. Lawlessness cannot and should not be tolerated on our border. If Mexico City can’t maintain control then we must. The last thing we want is a complete break down followed by the arrival of a Mandarin speaking UN “peacekeeping” force. If northern Mexico must be occupied, then so be it.
Mexico doesn’t like the idea of our interfering in their business. Here’s a bit on what we’re doing down there.
U.S. military works with Mexico to fight drug traffickers
Apr. 9 [snip]
U.S. forces are also training Mexico’s military in the rule of law and human rights, skills needed to help transform Mexico’s army from a conventional force designed to counter external threats to a military waging an irregular war where the enemy lives among civilians.
About 20 teams, ranging in size from one to five people, travel to Mexico each year for short visits to assist in training, Renuart said. Most are veterans of Afghanistan or Iraq. Northern Command started sending advisory teams there about two years ago.
Mexican officers have also traveled to the U.S. to observe operations or receive training.
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These Choppers will be transporting drugs and illegals before the week is out LMAO
LOL! That was exactly what I was thinking.
Then they'll stand around scratching their backsides going "WHut happen'd?"
Ack! They make me sick!
I can understand why Mexico doesn’t want us interfering. Many Mexicans take pride in their nation (as they should) and they undoubtedly would like to solve this problem without foreign help or interference (although they don’t turn away foreign money; neither do we, but that’s another discussion). Mexico considers itself an advanced and industrial nation that can address its own problems.
However, at what point do we recognize that the problem is beyond Mexico’s ability to solve?
VAMOS A LA CHOPPA.
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