Border Wars, episode xx...

The Mexican government has been belly-aching recently about the United States' increasing desires to do something about the lack of border security between ourselves and the great state of Mexico. Of course the Mexican government's real motive is to ensure that the illegal flow of immigration north can continue, thus allowing the corrupt status quo in Mexico to also continue.

However, according to Reuters, Mexicans are shooting at US Border Patrol agents on the US side of the border. Some of these shots are reported to be originating in Mexico. This seems to indicate that 1) Mexicans don't appear to regard the sovereignty of the United States with any respect and 2) that Americans who are proposing more substantial barriers and patrols along the US/Mexican border may have a point.

I would strongly advise the United States of America to stop pussy-footing and send in the United States Army to patrol the border, since it is clear that law enforcement is out-gunned by the Mexican smugglers. And in a related note, can we PLEASE cease being worried about how the Mexicans will view our actions. Polls consistently show that a majority of Americans, and a huge majority in the border states, support stronger barriers and enforcement of the borders. It's time to think about our own sovereignty, without being concerned about what Mexico will think. Maybe they might even clean up their own economy if we can close off their illegal trade. We hope....