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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 02:47 PM
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Are border patrol agents civil servants? If so, how can the idiot in
charge send them to Iraq? They're not military AFAIK. That'd be like sending a customs agent into war. Anyone?

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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 02:50 PM
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1. The plan is NOT sending border patrol to Iraq, but...
sending border patrol to stand in stateside for National Guardsmen sent to Iraq.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 02:51 PM
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2. Yes, I just reread the OP; so our government is basically pimping for
Edited on Fri May-25-07 02:52 PM by babylonsister
DynCorp with federal employees. I wonder if this will be mandatory for the border patrol, or if that's legal. Sigh!
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 02:52 PM
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3. Via the magic of the all-powerful "corporation".
He's not ordering them there, he's giving a PrivateMercenaryCorp™
permission to hire them away at 3 times their current salary.

Just another example of FASCISM- the line between Business and
Government is blurred and redrawn and tied into so many knots
that it doesn't really exist anymore.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 02:56 PM
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4. Yep. Like our local police, etc., they take leave of absence for a year
and make big money.
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