Should the US military gaurd the Mexican border?

[Luis G]

@ Gato, Ards and unc

 

[MitchSchaft]

The military's job is to kill the enemy and break their toys.

 

[Ardsgaine]

we only own the north bank. Its hard to train zee little fishies to stay on their own damn side of the water.

It could be a covert operation-- no one has to know.

White House Spokesperson: It is absolutely false that the US is stocking the Rio Grande with piranhas.

Reporter: What about the CIA?

White House Spokesperson: I can't speak for them.*

*Paraphrase of an actual exchange between a reporter and a white house official back in the 80s regarding the mining of Nicaragua's Harbor.

 

[Gonz]

All do respect Gonz i thnk you're just a little paranoid. The only portion of the border this discussion concerns is the southern part. The military works among us already anyway. A bunch of marines just built a house for my neighbor. There was no problems there. They didn't confiscate the house. What's this talk about a coup? Are they going to take over Texas? I'm not talking about a million troops packing claymore mines and m16s. Who needs vast quantities of weapons? I'm talking about maybe 100,000 maximum spread out over a couple thousand miles and doing a type of guard duty. A coup is possible but not plausible in my loud but humble opinion. One thing i am getting from this debate however is that it would probably be easier to get the boarder patrol and immigration budget tripled, than it would be to convince congress that the military needs to be on the border.

Damned straight I'm paranoid. All it takes is one General with his eye on the brass ring to bring the whole show to a screeching halt. We paranoid types will make sure the rest of you stay safe & content.