Pentagon Exploring ways to use Military for border security

more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/3858594.html

May 12, 2006, 9:43AM


Pentagon exploring ways to use the military for border security


Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Faced with growing pressure from southern states, the Bush administration wants the military to come up with ideas to help solve security problems along the U.S. border with Mexico.

In back-to-back moves this week, the Pentagon began exploring ways to lend support at the southern border, while the House on Thursday voted to allow the Homeland Security Department in limited cases to use soldiers in that region.

At the Pentagon, Paul McHale, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, asked officials to offer options for the use of military resources and troops — particularly the National Guard — along the border with Mexico, according to defense officials familiar with the discussions.

The officials, who requested anonymity because the matter has not been made public, said there were no details yet on a defense strategy.

The US border or the violation of posse commitatus???

for being candy-assed cowards for voting with Bush and not taking up arms for the cause in Iraq. They could lie there way into 50,000 recruits. Then put up a stop loss order and transfer them to Iraq in a year.

The money is all they think they need for re-election anyways (aka the tax cuts for the rich).

as a means to keep U.S. citizens in in.

I just hope we don't start water-boarding Mexicans and shipping them to Gitmo until they talk.

for this year's Hurricane Season - and for the inevitable "Big One" on the San Andreas Fault?