AP: "Tennessee National Guard troops were approached by a group of armed men while on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border earlier this month and withdrew without confrontation, according to a military report.
One armed man with the unidentified group came as close as 10 meters of the four Guardsmen on Jan. 3, according to an incident summary written by the National Guard Bureau.
But both groups kept their weapons low throughout the encounter, which ended as the Guardsmen pulled away, as officials said they were trained to do".
Yep, the Guardsmen, who are nothing more than a Safety Patrol, are trained not to shoot, but instead they should call the Border Patrol for backup...and of course, the BP shouldn't shoot either, cuz we know what can happen to them if they do...tsk, tsk.
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As Lou Dobbs said tonight, one would expect a military force to follow orders and conduct an orderly retreat. But an AWARD? For what? Running away (albeit, under orders) from a potential conflict? The citizens of TN would do well to study the biography of Andrew Jackson! This is more like a military under the command of Gen. Dennis Kucinich!
So the TN National Guard will be honored for quietly allowing armed invaders to enter our land. And what will the invaders do with their arms? Who will they point them at next?
This is a nightmare scenario come to pass. The prosecution of the two lone Border Patrol agents who had the guts to actually do their job is one particularly gruesome detail of this overall nightmare.
I don't know what I'm going to do. But I know what I'm not going to do. I'm not going to aid the "Republican" Party as they lead us in this massive surrender. Not one more penny from me to any candidate that supports the invasion. Not one more vote from me for any of these surrender monkeys.
If Tancredo -- or somebody like him -- doesn't run, then I'm not voting and I'm not giving any money. I'm not going to vote for a surrender monkey just because he has an R next to his name.