Thursday, June 30, 2005
Guest Blog - Anita
This one's important, people.
I was talking with my Arizona Deputy Sheriff son a little earlier. He had just arrived home from work and had had a busy day. I didn't like the tale he told me. It seems that the drug runners from the Mexican border are now being accompanied by what I call The Men In Black. They are dressed all in black and they have a military demeanor. They stay off to the sides and "cover" the operations. If there are any problems they just open up with assault weapons, as they did today, injuring two Border Patrol agents and giving the drug runners time to get back across the line. 190 Border Patrol men have been injured so far this year, according to the news.
I half jokingly said, "It sounds like you could use some Green Berets and Navy Seals out there" and he quickly agreed with me. I said, "it's too bad they are tied up in a foreign country and can't come to protect our own men."
I wonder how many people realize the war that is taking place 24 hours a day right on our own borders? I've been hearing stories for years from my son, stories about the border crossers shooting first with assault type weapons, if they even see a cop car they don't bother to do anything other then just "open up". He chases them on a daily basis, catching some, but not all. He "captured" 190 pounds of drugs yesterday. But what if they stuck a gun out the window instead of pulling over? I know that we all have contributed to buying the best equipment we can for him because the county just can't afford the best, but the heaviness of their artillary is beginning to worry me. These new Men In Black are real scary dudes, I don't like the sound of them.
You know, it just shouldn't be this way.
Anita
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