I watched the press conference yesterday where Presidents Obama and Calderone from Mexico talked about the substance of talks between our two countries.
They were proud of the fact that they had worked out some compromise that would allow Mexican truck drivers to cross the border with their cargo and deliver it to locations in the States. Currently, Mexican truckers are not allowed to deliver their cargo, they drop their loads at the border and American truck drivers pick them up and proceed to their destination.
I’m not sure how American truck drivers will feel about the loss of work, but the Teamsters must be okay with it since Obama is their guy and he wouldn’t sell their jobs down the river, would he?
Another issue talked about during the press conference was the issue of American guns illegally crossing the border into Mexico. I think it was a Mexican reporter that asked about what our country was planning to do to prevent those guns from entering Mexico since the drug cartels use the guns to fight the government.
I find it ironic that the Mexicans blame Americans for their problems since it is the insatiable appetite for drugs of Americans that drives the drug trade in their country. And now they blame us for not protecting their country from the lawless cartels by not preventing guns from entering Mexico.
How could we possibly argue with that logic?
So, our neighbors to the south are complaining about non-existent border security because it is harming Mexico? Wouldn’t that be even more ironic if the impetus for border security came from what is escaping from our country rather than from what is illegally coming in?
Everyone recognizes the fact that securing the border will be difficult, but now that the Mexicans are on board maybe we can get on with it.
No Loss for Words
Illegal Guns across the Border
by Steve DanaI watched the press conference yesterday where Presidents Obama and Calderone from Mexico talked about the substance of talks between our two countries.
They were proud of the fact that they had worked out some compromise that would allow Mexican truck drivers to cross the border with their cargo and deliver it to locations in the States. Currently, Mexican truckers are not allowed to deliver their cargo, they drop their loads at the border and American truck drivers pick them up and proceed to their destination.
I’m not sure how American truck drivers will feel about the loss of work, but the Teamsters must be okay with it since Obama is their guy and he wouldn’t sell their jobs down the river, would he?
Another issue talked about during the press conference was the issue of American guns illegally crossing the border into Mexico. I think it was a Mexican reporter that asked about what our country was planning to do to prevent those guns from entering Mexico since the drug cartels use the guns to fight the government.
I find it ironic that the Mexicans blame Americans for their problems since it is the insatiable appetite for drugs of Americans that drives the drug trade in their country. And now they blame us for not protecting their country from the lawless cartels by not preventing guns from entering Mexico.
How could we possibly argue with that logic?
So, our neighbors to the south are complaining about non-existent border security because it is harming Mexico? Wouldn’t that be even more ironic if the impetus for border security came from what is escaping from our country rather than from what is illegally coming in?
Everyone recognizes the fact that securing the border will be difficult, but now that the Mexicans are on board maybe we can get on with it.
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