Nogales Threats A Fatal Flaw
Friday, June 25th, 2010Author Michael Rough
Nogales Arizona,
There has been a lot of talk recently about the death threats that have been issued through an informant regarding specific Nogales Police Officers and the Department at large. At issue are two incidents involving the confiscation of drugs by off duty officers in Santa Cruz county at an estimated value of $600,000. While this is a small amount in the total flow of drugs coming across the border it sets a precedent that the Mexican drug trade does not want promoted to other towns.
While intimidation may work in Mexico where most of the citizenry do not possess the means or training to protect themselves, our law enforcement and citizens do.
Issuing a direct threat to our law enforcement is tantamount to issuing a declaration of war against the United States. While many in this climate of immigration reform feel that we should have an attitude of live and let live regarding the penetration of our borders, the simple fact is our borders are protected by a treaty with Mexico that is not being enforced by Mexico.
By allowing it’s citizens to issue threats and discharge weaponry into US territory from Mexico they are declaring war on the US.
The question that remains is, how long will the US Federal Government allow these acts of war to continue.
The Mexican government and law enforcement agencies have failed to eliminate the lawless scum that have been allowed to take over most of Mexico’s perimeter and port towns, thus ceding their authority to the drug cartels as the body with the power to effect mandate.
While Calderon rips away at Arizona files lawsuits against it’s laws, he cannot overthrow the real power in Mexico.
The fatal flaw in the cartels plan is their logic regarding the U.S. We have never taken to being threatened lightly or without response either verbally or physically. The cartels in Mexico while being violent, armed, and well financed are nothing more than Saddam Hussein was in Iraq.
While most do not realize it the first shot has been fired in this war between the US and Mexico and some would say that the Mexican American War never ended.
Similar to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand was the incident that started the WWI, the shot fired at the Nogales Police vehicle earlier this month could be considered the first shot if the cartels escalate and make good on their threats.
Jan Brewer was right to request 6000 troops to patrol the border and help with security. Unmanned aerial drones are not out of line regarding border defense when there are US military trained ex Mexican Special Forces acting as agents of the drug cartels.
The US needs to do something to clean up the gutter that has become our southern border if not the entire country of Mexico and its thugs.
If we could spend trillions to pound sand in the name of democracy in the Middle East we should be willing to protect our own citizenry and border from the same type of threat. While the cartels as of yet do not possess nuclear weapons, they are attacking our country with weapons of mass destruction with illegal drugs.
It’s time to step up and take action against the real threat against the US.
It’s time to truly wage a “War on Drugs” by strategically eliminating drug cartels in Mexico.
Linda Brady Traynham says:
July 2nd, 2010
3:21 am
Sancha Panza reporting in, and I think we’ve got a real monster, this time, not a windmill, Boss Quixote. (As an aside, go find the photos going around the ‘net on the instances of those beautiful, clean, green, quarter of a BILLION dollar wind turbines. Most of us know they are an uncertain, wasteful way to generate electricity, but who would have thought they were prone to catching fire, melting, and falling, occasionally on vehicles?)
Let’s hang “political maps” near our computers and call acts of war what they are: acts of war. Take a look at how deeply into our territory Mexico has invaded! Two years ago a nurse, whose husband I know slightly, was on rotation in Brownsville. While she was dispensing “free” mercy and medical care an arrogant, ungrateful recipient of charity snapped, “This is OUR country. Speak Spanish!”
I beg your pardon? This is NOT their country, at least three-quarters of us resent how we are ripped off and threatened, and we think it would be a jolly good idea if every last illegal “immigrant” and “undocumented worker” were dropkicked over our mutual border or dropped into the Rio Grande, whichever was closest at the time.
Obama has a great many stupid, dangerous ideas, but the current crusade insisting criminals and non-citizens are “guaranteed” the same rights as genuine, documented citizens must be resisted fiercely. Unless we all want to learn Spanish, of course.
Regards,
Linda Brady Traynham