[TigersEye]

I feel so much safer now with all the new security precautions. I really don't mind going through five security screenings to fly from Denver to Vermont. /sarcasm

[harpseal]

As I understand the current situation you are on the point of the spear protecting the USA from invasion by illegal aliens. Among those illegal aliens it is quite possible ther could be some who would wage war on the USA. The rules of engagement you have described mean that we are relying on the good will of terorists to not harm Americans.

The question now arises, "How many dead Americans will it take before the policy you describe is changed?" It is not changing with one dead Amercan will it take 10? Will it take 100? Will it take 1000? Maybe it will take 1,000,000 or even 10,000,000.

Please understand I realize you dfo not make this policy and are the grunt doing what the perfumed princes say. Your post says it all IMHO. A while back Travis McGee was posting the question "Are we as a nation too stupid to survive?" I think your post provides us with a part of the answer and it is not one I like.

Please take cdare of yourself down there watching our border. Being on the point was never safe or easy and it looks like you face great danger from your rear echelon.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Gaston]

Thank you for your prospective. I did not know.

[neutrino]

Thank you for a report from the front lines - and for doing a tough job that isn't always popular.

[nravoter]

This is troubling, to say the least. Is this policy something created within USBP, or is this a result of the "cozying up" of the US & Mexico (i.e., we give them everything they want, and they agree to think about saying "thank you" at some undisclosed date in the future)?

[Joe Brower]

Your hide must really be chapped by the political handcuffs your "superiors" have put on you for you to post this. This kind of PC BS is part and parcel of what has lead us to the sorry state we're in to start with.

Hang in there, and stay safe.

[B Knotts]

But...but...the apologists keep reminding us that the illegal Mexican aliens aren't committing terrorist acts!

Seems to me the people killed by this bunch are just as dead as the ones killed by terrorists.

The border needs to be controlled.

[PatrioticAmerican]

bttt

[Chi-Town Lady]

"Basically, the policy stated that there is to be no pursuing if the load vehicle broke any traffic laws, drove into residential areas, drove in hazardous conditions such as rain, drove through curves, bridges and hills."

I wish I wasn't pursued when I'm speeding on down the highway! But then again I'm just a lowly American citizen! I think this amounts to discrimination against Americans! Where is the ACLU when you need them!

[Travis McGee]

Can you tell us if this is true? I heard it from a Border Patrol Officer who called the Roger Hedgecock Show (KOGO 600AM) in San Diego.

/1/ He said that the BP had been issued rifles for patrolling the desert, but the rifles were take away and they are only issued pistols, to encourage them to flee rather than fight when taken under hostile rifle fire.

/2/ He said that they had very successful tracking dogs who could sniff illegals out of hiding places in the brush, they were extremely effective. The tracking dogs were "too effective", the INS got heat from those who try to hamper the BPs efforts, and the dogs were sent away from their rural areas to "cool their heels" elsewhere.

Any of that true?

[TigersEye]

Can you tell us if this is true? I heard it from a Border Patrol Officer who called the Roger Hedgecock Show (KOGO 600AM) in San Diego.

/1/ He said that the BP had been issued rifles for patrolling the desert, but the rifles were take away and they are only issued pistols, to encourage them to flee rather than fight when taken under hostile rifle fire.

/2/ He said that they had very successful tracking dogs who could sniff illegals out of hiding places in the brush, they were extremely effective. The tracking dogs were "too effective", the INS got heat from those who try to hamper the BPs efforts, and the dogs were sent away from their rural areas to "cool their heels" elsewhere.

Any of that true?

21 posted on 6/26/02 10:21 AM Pacific by Travis McGee

Good question. Is it true?