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| AZ Lawmakers Question AZNG Cut'N'Run on Mexican Border |
| 2007-01-11 |
| State lawmakers want to know why National Guardsmen retreated from the border in the face of armed gunmen last week and also want to nail down what exactly the soldiers' role on the border should be... "Why would this be allowed to happen?" Nichols, the [AZ state Homeland Security and Property Rights]committee's chairman, asked. "Why do we have National Guard running from illegals on the border? Are they (National Guardsmen) armed? Do they have bullets in their guns? We need some answers to some of these questions."... Rep. Russell Pearce, the Legislature's strongest voice on border security, said two National Guardsmen who work on the border told him their weapons do not have bullets... In a separate announcement Tuesday, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas called on the Legislature and Congress to investigate the National Guard incident on the border. "This incident should not just be brushed by and forgotten," |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #8 Don't know SpecOp, but I'd imagine they'll wake up glowing. The "public" will probably "wake up" about 5 minutes after a nuke goes off in their City and FINALLY realize what the stakes are in the fight we're in! |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-11 17:49 |
| #7 If they scratch the surface... grill the CO in charge of the group, they'll find Direct Orders not to shoot and to refrain from causing an "incident". Just another travesty from DC. There is no intent to protect our borders. The Arabic scumbags have noticed this long ago also. Who knows what they've drug in here. None of these soldiers, here or in the sandbox, is allowed to fight. When is the public going to get off the Gameboy and wake up ? |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2007-01-11 12:23 |
| #6 Unlikely they had ammunition. Too dangerous, wouldn't be prudent. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-11 11:31 |
| #5 I haven't heard an explaination yet about why they ran. I'm assuming they are embarassered to say, but there is no good reason that backup wasn't available somehow. I hope they fix whatever the problem is or someone is demoted. |
| Posted by: Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-11 11:26 |
| #4 Same damn reason a lot of these brave kids over here don't want to get involved in a firefight. If they kill anyone, the lawyers are all over it second guessing RUF/ROE and they could end up in jail like SPC Lindy England and that bunch. No big mystery to me. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-01-11 09:54 |
| #3 Ask Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean whether to shoot back or not. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-01-11 07:07 |
| #2 Why did they run? Because if they had shot anyone -- or any of them had been shot -- there'd have been holy hell to pay thanks to the very same politicians striking poses now. Not to mention the press outrage, the inevitable condemnation from the UN, etc. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2007-01-11 06:30 |
| #1 Its called PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY AND TERRITORY OF THEIR HOME STATES. Once upon a time in America, before the Clintons' "This is Amerika, NOT America", the Mighty USSA = Weak anti-Sovereign Global SSR/USR, it used to be called UPHOLDING THE LAWS OF THE US GOVT AND THE US OF A. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-11 01:57 |