White House sources are apparently "leaking" word that Bush is considering the use of national guard troops on the border. He's expected to release some sort of annoucement about it next week.
Not a bad idea at all. The problem is that it seems Bush is only doing it now to appease the conservative base. We all know his heart isn't in shutting down the border traffic, or he'd have done it already. He's not fooling anyone at this point. He's soft on illegal immigration.
In my opinion, that means he's soft on the war on terror. If he's serious about it, then why not shut the border down as the first thing done after 9/11? Then worry about slapping the terrorists and rogue nations around, after you've secured the home front.
I hate to say it, but I don't trust W anymore. I'll NEVER vote democrat, don't get me wrong. "Republican" doesn't describe me anymore. "Conservative" does quite nicely, but the two terms aren't really the same thing anymore, are they? This looks like more of a political appeasement tactic than a guy trying to do the right thing. When our elected representatives start doing things just because of political pressure, I lose respect for them in a big way. This won't cure my trust issues with him.
Troops on the Border aren't a bad way to go, but it should just be a start until the Great Wall of America gets built.
Defending and closing the border isn't all that hard. All it takes is the will to muster the resources and the manpower, and to ignore the flak coming from the quasi-militant hispanic crowd. The Minutemen have proven it can be done.
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