Border Patrol Hazards, Part 2

In December 2007 I wrote a post here about the U.S. Border Patrol agents who were jailed for doing their jobs. Recently, and with very little publicity, the agents were released from prison, but have still not been pardoned, and a Congressman from Texas is pursuing an investigation of the matter. This is a start, but is long overdue.

In related news, Mexico's drug war has begun spilling over into the U.S. and actions at containment in Mexico by the Mexican Army have been met with public protests that closed border crossings. This is all insanity. While I am certainly in favor of anyone's right to make a living, selling drugs is just reprehensible. And certainly anyone has a right to protest, and to be stupid, but this situation is getting out of hand. The Mexican Army is right to be defending against and attempting to contain this drug war, and when it spills over onto U.S. soil, we have the right to join the war and defend lands, people and property, even if some drug smugglers get killed in the process.

The fact is that our borders are way too open, and we are way too lenient on drug smugglers and dealers, and Congress is doing nothing about it, and is even exacerbating the problem. We need to start making some noise about this, and make sure that we are all well-armed and ready to defend ourselves as necessary.