[joeyman]

No armed soldiers are needed in California, Arizona and New Mexico. In Texas three ports of entry should have a total of six armed soldiers.

If the writer of this memo believes those are the facts he is dillusional and needs serious help. Here is the pertainent part of a post from late last year strongly suggesting only a fool would go unarmed on our southern boarder:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [San Diego, CA]-Shortly after noon on October 24, 2000, two U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the international border between the United States and Mexico were shot at by ten men dressed in military-style uniforms with tactical vests and carrying high-powered military rifles with bayonets.

The incident occurred in Copper Canyon, about eight miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.

Almost immediately after the agents disembarked from a clearly marked Border Patrol helicopter, the soldiers fired approximately eight shots at them from Mexico. The agents took cover in thick brush and identified themselves in Spanish as Border Patrol agents, but were nonetheless pursued by some of the soldiers, who entered the United States by crossing a well-maintained barbed-wire fence.

The other Mexican soldiers set up two sniper positions, one in Mexico and the other in the United States. The soldiers searched the area, pointing their weapons in the direction of the Border Patrol agents and ordering them in Spanish to come out of the brush. The agents did not comply, but instead identified themselves again and told the soldiers to return to Mexico.

Once other Border Patrol agents neared the scene, the soldiers retreated to Mexico and drove off in a minivan.

This is the second confirmed incident this year in which Border Patrol agents have been shot at by the Mexican military. The other occurred on March 14 in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. As in the previous incident, disaster in this case was averted only through the exemplary professionalism, courage and restraint of the involved Border Patrol agents.

Local 1613 of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents over 2,100 Border Patrol employees in the San Diego area, is seeking immediate action by the governments of both nations to ensure that incursions and acts of aggression by the Mexican military cease and desist before a tragedy occurs.

For further information, contact L. Keith Weeks, Local 1613 Vice-President, at (909) 600-2566. The freerepublic link is http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39fab4e86461.htm

[Ajnin]

There is a lot about those situations that were not reported. First, the Agents in San Diego do not for whatever reason carry their assigned M-4s or shotguns out to the field. The carrying of M-4's is discouraged and is prohibited in built up areas. The beaurocrats managing San Diego Sector turn a blind eye constantly to Mexican aggression. Santa Teresa was the same way. The Mexicans were caught and the gutless little turd running the Border Patrol Sector let the Mexican military go south with all their gear. BORTAC is our national react team, which is tailor made for these situations. But I guess anything other than kidnapping little Cuban boys is a little out of their league.

Combat, conflict, aggression is fervantly discouraged in every conceivable manner. I have had two friends recieve commissioner awards because when faced with a deadly force situation they did not fire and kill the aggressor. Those that have shot people or fought with suspects and have saved their own lives or the lives of others have been investigated and ignored by INS management. Having the National Guard on the border is not going to change anything. Not as long as political correctness reigns supreme.