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"The Mexican army has been documented to be escorting those smugglers into our country."

Documented? Not even Tancredo claims that:

""They are reporting that they see people coming through with guns. The concern is that there are people coming through with arms, M-16s, protecting drug carriers," said Mr. Tancredo, who has proposed using National Guard troops at border areas."

"The concern" is hardly the same as documented, and I don't see Tancredo mincing words when it comes to his main, get-out-the-vote pet issue.

Or we can even take the word of those working the border:

""These situations can be very difficult," said Keith Weeks, a patrol agent and vice president of Local 1613 of the National Border Patrol Council in California. "We are outgunned in these instances. They have automatic rifles, and we have handguns." He said that military assistance for drug running in Mexico is "a definite possibility."

"A definite possibility" doesn't say documented to me.

If Mexican authorities are chasing a smuggler in the dark, over unmarked terrain, they may inadvertently cross over into US territory.

Each and every one of these incursions, that happen both ways BTW, are discussed at lenght between the two governments, and dealt with at a local level.

I suggest better communications between US and Mexican Border patrols are needed, rather than gunships to start an idiotic and not needed border war.

Are there crooks in the Army? Probably on both sides, but they should not dictate policy, nor be the cause of a border war.

Uh, yes. You just don't watch FNC obviously. Tancredo broke the story on the O'Reilly Factor about 1 month ago about the Mexican military shooting out the back window of a Border Patrol agent's vehicle in Southern Arizona. Bzzzzzt. Try again.

"If Mexican authorities are chasing a smuggler in the dark, over unmarked terrain, they may inadvertently cross over into US territory."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh please. The Mexican "authorities" are for rent. The smugglers have used them to smuggle everything over the border including people. Whoraldo discussed this problem with his buddies during a feature where they were showing how Iraqi and Iranian secret service agents were being smuggled into Southern California. Please quit trying to protect Mexico. They want an open border. The majority of Americans, especially those who own ranches in that area, want the military to close it.

"Each and every one of these incursions, that happen both ways BTW, are discussed at lenght between the two governments, and dealt with at a local level."

TRANSLATION: W wants it swept under the rug.

"I suggest better communications between US and Mexican Border patrols are needed, rather than gunships to start an idiotic and not needed border war."

The bottom line is that our nation has defined borders. Mexico has defined borders. We should secure our in this alleged time of war, seal them off and limit the crossings to permitted traffic only and those legitimate crossings for individuals and famlies. I'd hardly call a smuggler with 20 kilos of cocaine legitimate. And who give's a rat's behind if they get blown to smithereens. They'll learn to surrender much quicker in the future rather than fire on our agents. I'm tired of my tax dollars subsidizing that garbage nation to our south. Mexico withdrew from the Rio treaty, endorses the mass exportation of illegal immigrants into our nation to salvage their economy, and has done nothing to shut down the flow of terrorists from their country into ours that is notable. So why the hell should we consider them an ally? Oh, I forgot. They mean votes to the pubbies and demorats. Yeah, it's more important to get re-elected than to uphold the oath to the US Constitution that every elected official makes, but never defends.