10-18-2011, 07:05 PM
billb wrote:
Oh my, let's spend days posting about all the Different Minuteman groups and which ones had guns and which ones didn't and in which states and in which month / year.
The border has been a political dog and pony show for decades.
Bush and Obama have both had "peaceful" observers there when they needed them to be seen there and strong forces when they needed them .
But, Minutemen groups are private, not government. I'm confused. I'm with you on the dog & pony show; increased border enforcement has not affected the number of people crossing the border. Well, it has driven the number up because interceptions have increased... And it has prevented people here illegally from returning home seasonally, as they used to, because the risk of border crossing has increased. It's basically worked directly against the stated intention. Guns and fences just don't trump economics.
Still don't know that we've ever deployed troops without arms, though. Certainly not overseas.