I flat-out don't like Krauthammer any more. He is wrong more often than right on things these days; I don't know what happened to him.
We have a border. We need to protect our border. A wall, troops, landmines -- whatever it takes, we need to protect our border.
But the Mexican side? Who cares?? Mexico is not policing its territory -- so we should invade a sovereign nation in order to fight their criminals??
That's not what our government is supposed to be doing.
Like I said, there are good reasons on both sides of the question, and I think Krauthammer might be right on this one. I realize that he is Politically Incorrect for the moment, but he still has a very good eye for many issues, and I respect his views on this one. I know I rarely agree with everything that anyone says, Krauthammer included, and I wouldn’t discount his opinion on everything.
If things continue to escalate along the border, and if more American citizens are attacked and/or killed, and especially if there is an armed incursion into one of the border States, the US will have to respond with boots on the ground and air cover loaded for bear. Crossing the border to clean out the Cartels, and then handing the territory back to the Mexicans is not unthinkable, and what happens will depend heavily on what these Cartels do next, as well as what the Mexican Government does (or doesn’t do) next.
Premier Hussein is still the biggest problem though.