One needs to read "The Reapers Line" by SA Lee Morgan II to fully appreciate the gross negligence in posting UNARMED US military in that area. There should be heads rolling over this decision!
The Mexican Federal Judicial Police are bought and paid for by the Cartels. Our federal agents have exchanged gunfire on numerous occassions with these corrupt FEDERAL law enforcement agents of the Mexican Mafia, I mean Mexican Government. A corrupt government that rises all the way to Vicente Fox and now Felipe Calderon. For years the Mexican government has not concerned itself with diplomatic sensitivities. Yet our government has determined that it is best to remove any risk of creating an "international" incident by not arming our soldiers.
I believe the placing of the US military on our borders is proving to be nothing more than a press release. It is window dressing to the n-th degree.
Even more bothersome is that the Mexicans recognize this operation as nothing more than a paper tiger and will continue to exploit this sham. By placing the National Guard on the border, have we reassigned the armed border patrol agents to other areas? I would assume this is the case.
Our National Guard did not RETREAT they FLED for their lives. To retreat implies that we were formerly on the attack or managing a defensible position. IMO this was not the case, thus they FLED as any unarmed civilian would have done under similar circumstances.
God help America!
