I think most Americans thought as I did that adding 6000 National Guard to the border patrol efforts of our southern border meant that we would actually be pro-active in defending the nation.
Earlier this month we saw a new low-point in the War On Terror, as it relates to our defenses. Up to as many as twelve armed men (with automatic weapons) burst through our border defenses and approach a border watch post where National Guardsmen were then forced to retreat. Out numbered 4 to 12 the National Guardsmen watched their position get surrounded with one of the assailants coming to within 35 feet of their position. All of the aliens had on fatigues, and carried automatic weapons.
Well now the lawmakers in Arizona want to know how and why...
I think the Governor's comments in the story are remarkable:
Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, National Guard officials and some state lawmakers defended the decision to call in the Border Patrol. The governor's office has said the rules allow Guard members to use force when they believe they face an imminent threat and all other means are exhausted.
"I don't think that it's up to the committee to negotiate the rules of engagement," Napolitano said. "Those rules of engagement were negotiated with the National Guard at the federal level."
So it is the FEDS who have instructed the National Guard not to engage or fire upon attackers in border patrol duties?
Wow - color me soooo not surprised.
And speaking of law enforcement who have fired upon alien criminals who violated our laws and communities. According to this report it appears that those two sheriffs office personnel who just got locked up in solitary for winging an escaping criminal alien in the hynie... may have had the evidence used against them - framed.