By Chris Simcox
President and Founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense corps
www.minutemanhq.com
With the news of the National Guard guardsmen being pulled from their border protection role in Operation Jumpstart , President Bush and Congress have sent a resoundingly defeatist acknowledgement to the people of the United States and to the rest of the world, "We will not secure our borders."
I wonder what the 2008 contenders to the White House have to say about the National Guard retreating from our borders? Has anyone thought about asking McCain and Obama why if we are defending America by protecting the borders of other countries we aren't bothering to do the same thing here at home? Wouldn't securing our borders send a clear message to our enemies abroad -- Don't tread on us?
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano also more egregiously abrogates her duty to protect the citizens of Arizona by blaming the feds and refusing to deploy the Arizona National Guard or to organize an Arizona State Militia to support Border Patrol. While she blames and appeases Mexican government officials, lives are being lost every day along Arizona's borders and on the streets of our cities and towns. Perhaps she feels the victims are just a small price to pay in propping up a struggling economy and providing economic opportunities for those who exhibit blatant contempt for the rule of law in the United States.
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