[realpatriot71]

Obviously, the American Military's mission is not one of "police work" - it's one of killing the bad guys. So, in this sense I do not support any sort of military use in collecting and rounding up illegals already in this country (ie. those already living and working in cities and communities). That is the mission of law enforcement agencies.

With that said however, I see no reason while military support could not be used, evenything from helicopters and planes, to National Guardsmen driving in a jeep along the border to look for those coming in. I see the use of military in this sense, as one of helping to tighten the border and prevent illegals fom coming in. If the military, in this manner, were to find any illegals coming into this country, they would treat and medicate as appropriate, and would then detain these people until the proper authorities arrived.

Where am I going wrong?

[American Soldier]

You're not wrong anywhere. You are one of the few who has a grip on this. I warn you - it's lonely.

This would ruin troops' readiness as fast - faster actually, due to the static nature of the operations - than peacekeeping operations. It would be a waste of active troops.

But I have to say I see nothing wrong with the National Guard, in accordance with it's role as the citizens' militia, helping out. I have suggested several times that all the border states' governors could go a long was towards fixing this problem if they just rotated guardsmen to the border zone. had them throw up a fence on the U.S. side, then guard it.

[dsutah]

Why I don't see anything wrong with what you've said here! But I'm wondering. Haven't we had for years the border patrols? And after 9-11, wasn't there some talk about there being National Guardsmen down there, anyway? Or, am I thinking of the Border Patrols?

It's really confusing! People on FR and on t.v., keep on saying the borders are wide-open. I keep reading where they are deporting people since 9-11. Another thing, I read that after 9-11, the President was going to see about arming them also, or at least some of them. I haven't read anything more about it. Do you know what's going on down there?