Ashcroft Wants National Guard on Canadian Border

http://www.foxnews.com ^ | Monday, December 03, 2001 | fox news

[Diddle E. Squat]

Good job, John. Nice to send a message to those spineless Canadian beauracrats that refuse to cross the PC picket lines and keep those terror suspects in jail, tighten their porous borders, etc.

[carenot]

I do not trust Ashcroft.

[backhoe]

That is just what I was thinking.....

[willyone]

If they were serious then the Mexican border would also be beefed up. There are sections of the Arizona and Ca. borders where farmers and ranchers are having their places wrecked. Their land has become a footpath for hundreds of illegals a week. That and the harassment from the Border Patrol whose members seem to think that the resident citizens are the problem not the illegals. What doe's it take for this nation to wake up.

[goodnesswins]

And, WHICH border did MOST of the hijackers come through?

[invoman]

Let's see...We used to use red cones at night at border crossings here in North Dakota....and the border outside of the crossings aren't even posted. There isn't even a fence that I'm aware of. People can use snowmobiles or even WALK across in certain area in North Dakota.

THe border patrol has got some work to do.

For a REAL scary map...look at the map of the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota. It will be iced over pretty soon...which means about the middle of January, you can DRIVE across the ice from Canada to the US. That's right...drive across the ice, without any border patrol...at night and right into the USA.

Oh, boy...we've got problems..and they had better get on them quick!

[rintense]

This is a step in the right direction. We need an increased MILITARY presence at both borders.

[xm177e2]

Ashcroft Wants National Guard on Canadian Border

Fear the "Colossus of the North!"

[JoeSchem]

I hate going to a fast food drive-thru and hearing the guy say, "Would you like fries with that, eh?"

[abclily]

Ashcroft is an honorable man.

[Howlin]

I do not trust Ashcroft.

Doesn't matter; I trust him enough for both of us.

[The Real Deal]

I'm wondering just what we are going to do about THE MEXICAN BORDER, Mr. Ashcroft.

[Texaggie79]

I must say, if I were a foreign bad man with bad intentions and wished to get into America, I would think that I had better chances going through Canada than Mexico.

[The KG9 Kid]

True story:

I knew a guy that had a relative in Canada who owned a heap of firearms. When my friend's relative died, he willed all the guns to him. There were a LOT of guns.

My pal threw them in the back of his truck and attempted to drive across the border, thinking that the Mounties (or whoever) at the border were more interested in guns coming INTO Canada, and would be happy about guns LEAVING Canada. Sure enough, he was stopped and the Canadians found the guns. They told him that he had to either surrender them or turn around. He turned around.

My pal parked at a restaraunt parking lot near the border and got out his map. He found a big lake (I don't know where it is) about two hours away that had one shore on the Canadian side, and another on the US side. He drove there, rented a tiny fishing boat, threw all the guns in there, and putted away towards the American side. When he got there (an hour boat trip as he tells it), he dragged the guns out, found a hiding spot under a tree, and stashed the guns there covered with branches and leaves.

Returned back to the Canadian side in the boat and picked up his car. Drove back across the US/Canadian border without the guns.

On the US side, he drove to the lake and found his hiding spot. Picked up the guns, threw them back in the truck, and drove home.

My suggestion is that if Ashcroft is going to put Feds on the Canadian border, he should make sure they've got boats on the lakes that our countries share.

(In case anyone is interested, I suffer from amnesia after getting hit on the head by a falling pine cone some years back. I can't remember my friend, or what he looks like. We haven't been in contact in years.)

[BluH2o]

About 500 U.S. agents man the U.S.-Canadian border, compared with 9,000 on the Mexican border, which is about half the size, Ashcroft said.

The Canadian - U.S. border extends over 3000 miles ... the longest undefended border in the world. Reading thru a few of the posts leads me to believe some FReepers are of the opinion Canadians are massing at the border ... hardly able to control their compulsion to immigrate to the U.S., legally or otherwise. Fact is, the vast majority of Canadians are proud to be Canadians ... respect Americans ... but feel their quality of life is just fine ... thank you very much!
Speaking as a former Canadian, now a U.S. citizen, and a former Marine, I might add ... most Canadians I know personally can't understand why I chose the U.S. over Canada ... that's material for another post. ;)

[freeasinbeer]

That would have been the US border via planes from overseas.

[F16Fighter]

...About 500 agents man the U.S.-Canadian border [4,000 miles], with 9,000 on the Mexican border [2,000 miles], which is about half the size....

Some quick math gives us (1) agent per (8) miles guarding Canada; (9) agents per (2) miles guarding Mexico.

And who are these 9,000 lined up at the Mexican border? A bunch of Ray Charles clones??