Top General John Kelly (Marines) Says Mexico Border Security Now ‘Existential’ Threat to U.S.

defenseone ^ | July 5, 2014 | Molly O'Toole

[dennisw]

A top United States general in charge of protecting the southern border says he’s been unable to combat the steady flow of illegal drugs, weapons and people from Central America, and is looking to Congress for urgent help.

Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, has asked Congress this year for more money, drones and ships for his mission – a request unlikely to be met. Since October, an influx of nearly 100,000 migrants has made the dangerous journey north from Latin America to the United States border. Most are children, and three-quarters of the unaccompanied minors have traveled thousands of miles from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

“In comparison to other global threats, the near collapse of societies in the hemisphere with the associated drug and [undocumented immigrant] flow are frequently viewed to be of low importance,” Kelly told Defense One. “Many argue these threats are not existential and do not challenge our national security. I disagree.”

In spring hearings before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, Kelly said that budgets cuts are “severely degrading” the military’s ability to defend southern approaches to the U.S border. Last year, he said, his task force was unable to act on nearly 75 percent of illicit trafficking events. “I simply sit and watch it go by,” he said. But the potential threats are even greater. Kelly warned that neglect has created vulnerabilities that can be exploited by terrorist groups, describing a “crime-terror convergence” already seen in Lebanese Hezbollah’s involvement in the region.

[Nachum]

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

[sweetiepiezer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-zPgkCJEc

[IMR 4350]

I was thinking of a way to box Hillary in and take her “Third Way moderate” BS with her without actually naming Hillary as the target initially.

How does this sound

Fascism, THE THIRD WAY, is the right way.

Then when people understand what “Third Way” means pin it right to Hillary’s big ass.

Hillary’s “THIRD WAY” is the right way

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[itssme]

Roger that!

[itssme]

The General can take care of himself. What we should be concerned with is what We the People going to do about it.

[itssme]

I don’t give a damn about what the left will do, or say. It’s expected, so to mention it is a waste of time. We should be dwelling on what WE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO.

[itssme]

THIS VIDEO MUST GO VIRAL. Send it to Drudge, Rush, Mark Levin, Hannity, Megyn Kelly, Greta, Laura Ingraham, ANYONE AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW. Enough talk...we Freepers must start taking action. Watch this 14 minute video and realize that our lives are in great peril. So let's roll, and get this done...what will it take to get FReepers to ACT on important issues, instead of just making sappy commentary and nothing more? I'm doing my part...what are YOU doing?

[workerbee]

Everytime I see that photo (post #3) I have violent thoughts.

Gawd, how I loathe this Assclown Administration.

[MaxMax]

The 20% are keeping our Guards and services busy while the 80% just walk by.

Nobody will dare say who those 80% are.

[DJ MacWoW]

what will it take to get FReepers to ACT on important issues, instead of just making sappy commentary and nothing more? I'm doing my part...what are YOU doing?

I think that you need to back down the rhetoric a little. You have no idea what others are doing or what their lives are like.

[noinfringers2]

Perhaps he is a person that like crème in coffee can rise to the top and then get into the body of the drink. Sound like a good match with Dr. Carson.

[Kackikat]

Amen.

[dforest]

The reason people don’t act more on their own because they are afraid to be out there on their own with no support.

[GOPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkSXosZhic

[Robert DeLong]

The Presidency was invaded and nothing was done about that. Why would you think anyone would fight on that front either?

[Nifster]

and has been for decades

[itssme]

You're right. I don't know what others are doing. That's why I'm asking the question. Where the Border Patrol video is concerned, it only calls for the use of one’s keyboard and the effort put forth to send the message. Minimal effort is required. Considering the content of the video, I sure as hell think it's worth the effort.

[cva66snipe]

So Cyrus {Barry} is getting all the gangs together?

[itssme]

See my post #78. I'm only referring to the Border Patrol video and the fact that it needs to go viral. It only takes the use of a keyboard and some effort. If Americans can't put forth this much effort, at a time when We the People are at war, with the enemy on our soil, and the commie/socialist/marxist traitor in the White House at the helm, then this country will be lost.