A Rumination on the Southern Border

Parade Magazine this week asks:

Four and a half years after 9/11...
Are We Safer Than Before?

By Edward Klein
Published: April 2, 2006

In the wake of the horrifying events of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans came up with a grim saying that captures their feeling of vulnerability to another terrorist attack: “It’s not a question of if but when.”

A significant quote that leaps out in the article:

"Why hasn't al-Qaeda hit us again? Either they've lost the will to do it or something has prevented them. And, let me tell you, they haven't lost their will."
- Art Cummings, special agent in charge of counterterrorism, FBI's Washington, D.C., field office.

Now, let's look at a few variables inter-relating al-Qaeda and our Southern border:

• 10,000 illegal immigrants stream across the Rio Grande every week
• Korans and Spanish-to-Arabic translation guides have been found along the border
• A dozen or more people of Middle Eastern descent have been identified among the Latinos detained every year by the INS for these illegal border crossings.
• Al-Qaeda is eyeing this gaping hole in our border as a potential point of invasion

Add to this some salient points:

• President Bush was granted sweeping powers on September 14, 2001 to protect our country against ANY threats to our security
• Despite official derision by the government against them, the actions of the Minuteman Project last year stemmed the tide of illegals into our country. This year's repeat should see the same results.

With all of that stated, I'm going to make a proposition: President Bush, under the heretofore mentioned War Powers Act authority, needs to federalize the National Guard units of the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas and place those troops along the Mexican border. Nobody comes across except at the appropriate border check points. Period. End of statement.



BTW - If you're not sickened by this sight:


You're not paying enough attention!