On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:41:08 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

I watched Texas Border Wars yesterday, a program about now brazen drug
dealers are becoming along the Texas/Mexico borders.

What ****es me off is when the rules of engagement stop our LEOs in pursuit,
or in doing some things that could interdict or wipe out some of these
groups. And that involves pursuits on OUR SOIL.

Indeed!


The thing that got me the most ****ed was when the helos were taking
incoming ground fire, and were restricted in firing back. Google some fine
viewing on "Iraqi insurgents" to see how the military boys THERE treat
anyone shooting at them.

Considering that terrorists are coming along with the drug smugglers
and S/A illegals, those goddamned doors should be shut permanently.
Vaporizing lasers covering the terrain between countries would easily
handle this load with only a few operators. AI could be trained to
spot wildlife and let it through safely, alerting the operators to
handle the human targets.


A few Attack Helicopters on the border that are armed could put a kink in
this crap in one day. A few snipers taking 100 yard shots would certainly
make a change in attitude among the swimmers who swim the dope across.

If not lasers, dope or not, anyone caught crossing illegally should be
given the 50 round test. Anyone surviving 50 rounds from a gat or
squad machine gun (as well as collectible sized parts of the rest)
should be deported.


We have armed foreigners landing on our soil for whatever reason, and our
LEOs are handcuffed by rules of engagement. Billions of dollars in drugs
coming in to decay us from the inside, and we must play by the rules set up
by politicians.

Rules should be, once you hit US soil, you are what is called a target.

Agreed.


It's time to treat the situation with the force it deserves.

People who sell drugs to our children rank right up there with the
chicken**** that plants IEDs on the roadside.

Not EVEN, Steve. If people didn't want their drugs, drugs couldn't
fetch the price they do and make the whole smuggling thing profitable.
If there weren't a market, the drug dealers would dry up.

Think about it.

--
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
-- Demosthenes