Posted on 01/17/2007 4:24:55 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Try again.
For shooting a drug smuggler and an illegal in the ass???????
This is b.s. and I am losing patience with the republican party and THIS president.
Because he knows that to do so would bring the facts of the case into public knowledge, and destroy his craven pandering.
Bush makes me sick. I will never vote for another Republican(no matter who the alternative is) if they aren't serious about stopping illegal immigration. Bush doesn't care about the illegal immigration problem and it's obvious. The reason the problem is so out of control is because idiots like Bush don't even see it as a problem. Who cares if a liberal democrat gets in office when the nation will be destroyed regardless unless we stop this invasion.
No politician will ever again get my vote unless they understand the damage that illegal immigration is doing to our nation and have the balls to do what is necessary to stop it.
Well then blame the jury.
Ditto that.
Shame on the Congressmen trying to cover up for these men.
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Thanks for sharing your view of this whole unfortunate affair.
I would add tha We as a people for the most part lost our respect for the law in the 1990s.. when Senators covered up for an impeached President and a government refused to do its duty and enforce its laws without prejudice. The repercussions are still being felt to this day.
That being said, the biggest mistake these agents made was policing their rounds as part of a clean-up of the scene, imo.
In the heat of the moment, people do things that they wished they hadn't, only to find it makes the outcome more severe than it might have been initially.
I'm guessing these guys had a history of trouble. Border patrol and police personnel would have covered for them otherwise. Somebody -- maybe lots of people -- wanted to get rid of them, and they provided the ammo.
Personally I don't have a problem with the idea of Border Patrol agents shooting KNOWN illegal border-crossing drug-smugglers in the back, but it doesn't sound like that's what really happened here.
Say speaking of cheap, you still using those illegals on your projects?
We are losing our souls due to anger at our opposition.
Those Border agents realized that they screwed up, yet most of us cant, because of ideology.
It is exactly what we accuse the Left of doing, and we should be better than that, but more and more often, we are not.
I believe one of the two had been named Border Patrol "agent of the year," or some such thing. Perhaps another FReeper can elaborate.
I can barely comment. I'm just too sad and angry. Prayers for these BPs.
"Is President Bush the only guy involved in this case."
No Bush isn't the only one to blame but he the most powerful individual in the world so he carries most of the blame when it comes immigration is this nation. I also blame him for not pardoning these guys when he has the power to do so.
I don't like Bush or any other politician that doesn't seem to understand that illegal immigration is even a problem when it's the biggest problem facing this nation. It's obvious Bush doesn't think illegal immigration is a bad thing.
If you could argue the subject, you wouldn't try to change it.
Coward.
"This country is about due process, not vigilante justice."
If the government is going to protect Americans than the citizens themselves have a right to whatever it takes to defend themselves and take back their country.
I don't know what really happened here. I read your version and did some searching. I found a few mentions of attempted cover-up, but not much.
Most telling though is that of all the replies to your post, not a single one refuted your version. I don't know you personally, but we've been on the same side of an argument before and I know a bit about your background. I can only conclude that you are correct and that we have another round of FRknee-jerking going on here.
Thanks for your insight.
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