Posted on 12/13/2002 3:34:09 PM PST by SteveH
(Reprinted from NewsMax.com)
One Reporter's Opinion: Citizen Militia on the Border
George Putnam
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
It is this reporter's opinion that I found it the height of hypocrisy when I read the headline "U.S. Plans to Seal Afghans' Porous Border." The plan is to slow the flow of illegals, illicit drugs, terrorists and contraband into and out of Afghanistan. The United States will finance the construction and maintenance of 177 checkpoints, staffed by 12,000 border police in that far-off land.
The cost is staggering each checkpoint and its facilities to cost an average of $300,000. It is to include offices, sleeping quarters and, in some cases, clinics this staggering expenditure to guarantee the sovereignty of Afghanistan.
Contrast this with the fact that our country cannot and will not control the flow of illegal aliens across our own porous borders 15 million illegals that have poured into the United States, violating our sovereignty!
Where our government has failed us, several groups of patriotic citizens are taking up arms along the Arizona border with Mexico. One of these is Chris Simcox, a teacher-turned-newspaper-owner, who has formed the Tombstone, Ariz., militia called Civil Homeland Defense.
Chris says:
We will no longer tolerate the ineptness of our government in dealing with these criminals and drug dealers. It is a monumental disgrace that our government is letting the American people down, turning us into expendable casualties of the war on terrorism.
These armed civilian groups along our borders, providing civil homeland defense, are experiencing constant confrontations with illegals. There have been moments that bordered on extreme violence. It's bound to become more dangerous and, as one observer puts it, somebody is going to get killed.
Simcox, in a moment of frustration, told this reporter:
I defy our president to arrest any of us for doing what the government refuses to do to protect the sovereignty of our beloved country. This land belongs to every citizen; it's OUR land. I challenge my government to come and arrest me. We are not "crazies," we are concerned citizens, we are responsible people.
The groups are growing. There are now more than a dozen known militia organizations armed civilian groups on the border. It's time Congress and the president become involved.
Simcox says:
I am trying to force the president of the United States to do his job. He took an oath to protect us from enemies. He has no business sending troops to foreign countries when he has not sealed our own borders.
If we can protect the porous border of Afghanistan, with 177 checkpoints and 12,000 border police, surely we can protect the border of the United States of America.
I invite you to read on:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/12_9_02armed.html
http://www.azstarnet.com/border/21206TOMBSTONEMILITIA.html
http://www.projectusa.org/Ezine/02-07-02-12.html
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Nice gesture, that.
It nevertheless fails to recognize we probably have more "illegals, illicit drugs. terrorists and contraband" across OUR borders than their. And ours are a helluva lot closer!
That is a sobering thought.,Without a doubt, it's obvious now what the agenda of the Bush administration is.
Washington spends Millions on Other-Lands Border Security !
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06 December 2002 Fact Sheet: U.S. Assistance to Turkmenistan - Fiscal Year 2002(Nov. 15: State Department Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs) (700) The following fact sheet on U.S. assistance to Turkmenistan updates a fact sheet issued in June 2002: (begin fact sheet) U.S. Department of State November 15, 2002 U.S. ASSISTANCE TO TURKMENISTAN - FISCAL YEAR 2002 The U.S. Government (USG) has budgeted approximately $218 million to fund assistance programs in Turkmenistan, plus $45 million in surplus Department of Defense and privately donated humanitarian commodities from Fiscal Year 1992 through Fiscal Year 2002. Snip
Turkmenistan is benefiting from $5 million from the Emergency Response Funds for Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) assistance. The EXBS program provides support for the Turkmenistan Border Guards and other border security organizations to ensure interoperability and enhanced control of Turkmenistan's borders. The goal is to prevent the transit of weapons of mass destruction, proliferation-related technology, and other illicit weapons trafficking. In addition the U.S. has allocated $450,000 in International Military Education and Training for FY 2002. |
Indeed. And I wonder how the media will spin it when the hammer eventually does come down.
It is this reporter's opinion that I found it the height of hypocrisy when I read the headline "U.S. Plans to Seal Afghans' Porous Border." The plan is to slow the flow of illegals, illicit drugs, terrorists and contraband into and out of Afghanistan. The United States will finance the construction and maintenance of 177 checkpoints, staffed by 12,000 border police in that far-off land.
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Contrast this with the fact that our country cannot and will not control the flow of illegal aliens across our own porous borders 15 million illegals that have poured into the United States, violating our sovereignty!
I don't understand our President on this border issue. His, his Administration, and Congress's stand dismays any rationale.
I defy our president to arrest any of us for doing what the government refuses to do to protect the sovereignty of our beloved country. This land belongs to every citizen; it's OUR land. I challenge my government to come and arrest me. We are not "crazies," we are concerned citizens, we are responsible people.
This fella sounds like he understands the concept of a Free Republic...
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