tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post6471983005761224237..comments2024-03-29T05:15:40.793-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Seems Obama either likes taking orders from Calderon,Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-76520458763285264022010-05-27T09:54:00.299-07:002010-05-27T09:54:00.299-07:00Given the history of putting National Guard on the...Given the history of putting National Guard on the border and giving them ridiculous ROE the headline should read "Obama Sends 1,200 Targets to the Border". <br />The idea that you can control the flow of drugs across the border and control the associated violence that spills across the border without addressing illegal immigration is like thinking you can bail water out of a sinking boat with a sieve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-27981507170709593412010-05-27T08:14:02.831-07:002010-05-27T08:14:02.831-07:00Mattexian is right. A cop once told me that academ...Mattexian is right. A cop once told me that academy training was not necessary for security or campus police, but if they wore uniforms they needed to be able to pack heat. That uniform is a target, and putting unarmed uniformed personnel in an area where so much shooting is going on is a recipe for disaster.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-72966437072023694632010-05-26T21:21:03.189-07:002010-05-26T21:21:03.189-07:00Especially when you keep in mind that it's mos...Especially when you keep in mind that it's mostly common knowledge along the border, that ANY U.S. service member in uniform will fetch a hefty bounty from the drug lords. Granted, a pistol isn't as good as a rifle for "reaching out and touching someone," but it's better than nothing, which is what the smegheads at the White House want them to have.Mattexianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-8564261261758291112010-05-26T21:15:09.232-07:002010-05-26T21:15:09.232-07:00Unless the troopers will be patting each other dow...Unless the troopers will be patting each other down at shift-change, somebody's gonna be packing, at least their personal sidearms, concealed, I'd bet. Ain't getting whacked just because some REMF says "Guns are bad, M'kay?"Mattexianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.com