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An Air Force F-16 pilot checks his night vision goggles prior to a July 2007 flight in Iraq.



Stars and Stripes

 

A pair of Texas Congressmen and more than a dozen sheriffs from Texas, Arizona and New Mexico are asking the Defense Department for some of the surplus war equipment from Iraq and Afghanistan for use along their border with Mexico, citing “national security,” The Washington Times reports.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the lawmakers - one a Republican and the other a Democrat - noted that some of the surplus equipment would come in handy to federal, state and local agencies that work the along and near the U.S. border with Mexico, according to the Times. Humvees, weapons, night-vision goggles, communications trailers and observation platforms were among the items cited.

Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican, has already introduced a resolution that would direct the Defense Department to make available 10 percent of certain equipment from Iraq, the paper reported. The equipment would be made available to law enforcement patroling the border.

Poe called border defense "a national security issue," according to the The Washington Times article.

"State and local officials are on the front lines of the southern border fighting to protect Americans from spillover violence from Mexico," the story wrote in quoting Poe.

In January, Cuellar hosted a meeting with a Defense Department official that was attended by representatives of local law enforcement agencies. More than 100 officers were in attendance. The Times article said 17 sheriffs from border areas have joined the two Congressmen in formally asking Panetta for the equipment.

Source: The Washington Times


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  • I HOPE THESE WEAPONS END UP ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER.

  • It is about time.  Why ask?  The Congress should order the defense department to provide the surplus items to the border patrol.

  • With Obama they will be left for the Telban to take and use against us...

  • The Taliban will need these surplus item.

    • The government's argument will be that it is too costly to ship things back to the US, so they might just as well leave stuff for the enemy.  Obama loves the Taliban so why short change them?

  • IMIGRATION LAWS OF MEXICO

    1. There will be NO special bilingual programs in the schools.

    2.  All ballots will be in this NATIONS LANGUAGE..

    3. All government business will be conducted in our language.

    4. Non-residents will NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, no matter how long they are here.

    5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to HOLD POLITICAL office.

    6. Foreigners will not be a burder to the taxpayers. NO WELFARE, NO FOOD STAMPS, NO HEALTH CARE or other government assistance programs.  Any burden will be deported.

    7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily min. wage.

    8. If foreigners come here and buy land...options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.

    9. FOREIGNERS may have NO PROTESTS, NO DEMONSTRATIONS, NO waving of foreign flags, NO political organizing, NO bad-mouthing our president or his policies.  These will lead to deportation.

    10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted and when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged.  ALL ASSESTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOU.

    These are the immigration laws of MEXICO.  WHY DON'T WE HAVE THESE SAME LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

    THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS COMING FROM ANY OTHER NATION.

    THIS IS NOT TOO RESTRICTIVE JUST NORMAL FOR OTHER NATIONS. 

     

  • Why not Tanks?

    • Because patrolling the border is a "tankless" job.

  • Ha, if they think that Hussain will let them have anything to protect themselves, their dumber than the idiots who voted this muslim communist into office!  Don't they get it yet, Hussain wants this country filled with illegals and drugs, this will help him  more readily start a uprising and give him the opportunity to call for martial law and then declare himself dictator and cancel all elections!  If there is an uprising, then there are many who will cry out to Huissain to put a stop to it.  This "cry" will give Hussain the opportunity he's waiting for!

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