butterbean
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: America's guarded response |
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National Guard troops are not cowards. It is self-evident. But published reports racing through cyberspace about a controversial incident last week along the Mexican border suggest otherwise.
Assuming the worst about our front-line protectors is easy given the unwillingness of the Bush administration to defend America's borders.
It's understandable but inexcusable. And yet easily correctable just by helping the Border Patrol patrol and the National Guard guard, assuming President George W. Bush believes America belongs to Americans.
An Entry Identification Team of the U.S. Border Patrol, composed of four guardsmen with loaded M-16 rifles, was stationed in a remote area of Arizona. Four armed men from Mexico were spotted near its post, about a quarter mile from the border. The guardsmen were not wimps, lily-livered or overrun. They did not turn tail, bug out, flee in fear or lose control of their bladders.
They obeyed the standing order to fall back to a safe position and report the incident. The Border Patrol quickly responded with air and ground units. By then, however, the foreign invaders decided to hot-foot it back to Mexico.
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/vassilaros/s_488153.html |
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