Comments on: Just what the hell is going on down there? http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/ Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jarrod21 http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-22 jarrod21 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:52:03 +0000 #comment-22 <p>Of course the Mexican troops are in our country with regularity. All that heroin isn't going to run itself over the border.</p> Of course the Mexican troops are in our country with regularity. All that heroin isn’t going to run itself over the border.

]]> By: zsmvf6 http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-21 zsmvf6 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:37:50 +0000 #comment-21 <p>Let's pay (aka bribe) the Mexican generals to keep people out. It's probably cheaper than building a wall.</p> Let’s pay (aka bribe) the Mexican generals to keep people out. It’s probably cheaper than building a wall.

]]> By: JustLeaveMeAlone http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-20 JustLeaveMeAlone Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:40:57 +0000 #comment-20 <p>They could use it like the utility companies do to mark the border, since they can't seem to figure out any other way. </p> <p>I'll contribute $100 worth of spray paint. Where shall I send it? </p> They could use it like the utility companies do to mark the border, since they can’t seem to figure out any other way.

I’ll contribute $100 worth of spray paint. Where shall I send it?

]]> By: rstreu http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-19 rstreu Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:54 +0000 #comment-19 <p>n/t</p> n/t

]]> By: Flagstaff http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-18 Flagstaff Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:16:15 +0000 #comment-18 <p>Two Border Patrol agents are in jail for over 10 years as a result of a technical infraction while doing their jobs.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the man they tried to apprehend was recently sentenced to less than 10 years for his crime, smuggling dope.</p> <p>What is wrong with that picture?</p> <p>And why aren't we defending our own borders from armed international invaders? I can guarantee that Mexico would have every soldier they could muster at the border if the situation were reversed.</p> <p>McCain should add vigorous border enforcement to his oil-drilling position statements.</p> Two Border Patrol agents are in jail for over 10 years as a result of a technical infraction while doing their jobs.

Meanwhile, the man they tried to apprehend was recently sentenced to less than 10 years for his crime, smuggling dope.

What is wrong with that picture?

And why aren’t we defending our own borders from armed international invaders? I can guarantee that Mexico would have every soldier they could muster at the border if the situation were reversed.

McCain should add vigorous border enforcement to his oil-drilling position statements.

]]> By: rstreu http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-17 rstreu Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:45:28 +0000 #comment-17 <p>on incidents like this one, including the other one I cited above, I have a hard time buying the "accident" excuse.</p> <p>Of course, if they would just erect the frigging fence, that excuse would be entirely off the table.</p> on incidents like this one, including the other one I cited above, I have a hard time buying the “accident” excuse.

Of course, if they would just erect the frigging fence, that excuse would be entirely off the table.

]]> By: jackbenimble http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-16 jackbenimble Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:59:21 +0000 #comment-16 <p>The official line from both the USA and Mexican governments seems to be that this incursion was innocent and resulted from confusion over the location of various sections of unmarked border. It is shameful that there are any such sections of border 6 years after 9/11.</p> <p>But even more shamefull is that it appears to be a LIE!</p> <p>American Border Patrol is reporting that this incursion took place within site of newly erected border vehicle barriers and an extremely well marked established border patrol road. It is their opinion that the incursion could only be explained as an intentional act.</p> <p>American Border Patrol is definately an advocacy group with an axe to grind and possibly also a bit whacky on this issue. But if I am given a choice of believing them or my own government .... well lets just say our government has a long history of being disingenous and less than forthcoming on this issue.</p> The official line from both the USA and Mexican governments seems to be that this incursion was innocent and resulted from confusion over the location of various sections of unmarked border. It is shameful that there are any such sections of border 6 years after 9/11.

But even more shamefull is that it appears to be a LIE!

American Border Patrol is reporting that this incursion took place within site of newly erected border vehicle barriers and an extremely well marked established border patrol road. It is their opinion that the incursion could only be explained as an intentional act.

American Border Patrol is definately an advocacy group with an axe to grind and possibly also a bit whacky on this issue. But if I am given a choice of believing them or my own government …. well lets just say our government has a long history of being disingenous and less than forthcoming on this issue.

]]> By: nogyro35 http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-15 nogyro35 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:32:11 +0000 #comment-15 <p>I didn't hear of any Mexican soldier incursions when I lived about 6 miles from the border. Of course my neighborhood was a short jog from MARINE CORPS Air Station Yuma, AZ. </p> <p>What bothers me most about this article is that a friend, a Marine Vet. and Border Patrol agent just recently moved from Yuma to Nogales. </p> <p>Time to give him a call.</p> I didn’t hear of any Mexican soldier incursions when I lived about 6 miles from the border. Of course my neighborhood was a short jog from MARINE CORPS Air Station Yuma, AZ.

What bothers me most about this article is that a friend, a Marine Vet. and Border Patrol agent just recently moved from Yuma to Nogales.

Time to give him a call.

]]> By: jackbenimble http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-14 jackbenimble Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:10:18 +0000 #comment-14 <p>Simply because this issue cannot be talked about enough.</p> Simply because this issue cannot be talked about enough.

]]> By: Maggie_in_Indiana http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-13 Maggie_in_Indiana Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:21:48 +0000 #comment-13 <p>oh and we should build a fence or wall or sumptin,coz.....huh..just askin them to use the front door ain't workin.</p> oh and we should build a fence or wall or sumptin,coz…..huh..just askin them to use the front door ain’t workin.

]]> By: Joe_Schmo http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-12 Joe_Schmo Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:59:58 +0000 #comment-12 <p><em>They must think Americans are as stupid as Barack Obama does.</em></p> <p>Well the Vince Lombardi title helped too.</p> They must think Americans are as stupid as Barack Obama does.

Well the Vince Lombardi title helped too.

]]> By: rstreu http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-11 rstreu Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:31:13 +0000 #comment-11 <p>n/t</p> n/t

]]> By: rstreu http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-10 rstreu Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:30:33 +0000 #comment-10 <p>That's why they crossed onto our side of the line, and pointed guns at a guy wearing a US uniform.</p> <p>They must think Americans are as stupid as Barack Obama does.</p> That’s why they crossed onto our side of the line, and pointed guns at a guy wearing a US uniform.

They must think Americans are as stupid as Barack Obama does.

]]> By: mbecker908 http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-9 mbecker908 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:07:23 +0000 #comment-9 <p><em>Ricardo Alday, spokesman at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, said Tuesday that Mexico and the United States are engaged in "an all-out struggle to deter criminal organizations from operating on both sides of our common border."</em></p> <p>Yeah right. Mexico is an institutionally corrupt country. Their police and military operate on the theory of "the mordida". They get paid little by the government and extract a gratuity from those they serve. They are also famous for not staying "bought".</p> <p>BUILD THE WALL! </p> Ricardo Alday, spokesman at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, said Tuesday that Mexico and the United States are engaged in “an all-out struggle to deter criminal organizations from operating on both sides of our common border.”

Yeah right. Mexico is an institutionally corrupt country. Their police and military operate on the theory of “the mordida”. They get paid little by the government and extract a gratuity from those they serve. They are also famous for not staying “bought”.

BUILD THE WALL!

]]> By: NightTwister http://www.redstate.com/rstreu/2008/08/06/just-what-the-hell-is-going-on-down-there/#comment-8 NightTwister Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:51:22 +0000 #comment-8 <blockquote>(after all, it's not as if there's a border fence...)</blockquote>

(after all, it’s not as if there’s a border fence…)

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