Would someone explain to me why we aren't securing our borders? Oh, that's because everyone coming across is just peaceful, benevolent, and looking for a better life, right?

No, nothing untoward goes on at the border - and if there is trouble, it's just caused by us American meanies, trying to deny these poor people their "right" to enter the country.

Tell that to the National Guard:

Gunmen Attack National Guard Border Patrol Site in Arizona

Friday, January 05, 2007
Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — National Guard troops working at an observatory post near the Mexican border were forced to flee after being approached by a group of armed individuals, authorities said.

The event occurred about 11 p.m. Wednesday at one of the National Guard entrance identification team posts near Sasabe, said National Guard Sgt. Edward Balaban.

He said the troops withdrew safely, no shots were fired and no one suffered injuries.

U.S. Border Patrol officials are investigating the incident and trying to determine who the armed people were, what they were doing and why they approached the post before retreating to Mexico.

The incident occurred in the west desert corridor between Nogales and Lukeville in the vicinity of Sasabe, Balaban said.

"We don't know exactly how many because obviously it took place in the dark," Balaban said. "Nobody was able to get an accurate count."

The Guard troops are not allowed to apprehend illegal entrants...

OK, so we have troops who are not allowed to apprehend anyone, not allowed to fire - hell, if we're going to do that, why not make it a U.N. operation??

Isn't this sort of thing - armed persons from another nation advancing on our troops - an act of war? And this isn't the first such incident - only in the past, they have fired at Border Patrol agents.

What were they intending to do this time, bring care packages?




Make sure you've taken any needed blood pressure medication before reading the rest of the story here

Labels: border control, immigration, opinion