Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., one of four Arizona counties contiguous with the U.S-Mexico border, said Friday that the U.S. Border Patrol has pulled back from parts of the border in his and neighboring counties because manning those areas has become too dangerous.
“And you frankly have Border Patrolmen--and I know this from talking to Border Patrol agents—who will not allow their agents to work on the border because it is too dangerous,” Dever told CNSNews.com in a videotaped interview. “Now what kind of message is that for crying out loud?”
Dever, a native of Cochise County, has been in local law enforcement in the county for three decades. He was elected the county sheriff in 1996.
Dever stressed that the Border Patrolmen are ready and willing to perform their mission of securing the border, but that Border Patrol managers had determined that in “some places” the danger was too great and they wanted to avoid the risk of an international incident such as a cross-border firefight.
“Now, I am telling you, the agents, you give them a mission, you tell them what you want them to do, they will go do it,” said Dever. “I mean, these guys for the most part are warriors, they are soldiers.
“Then you have middle management and upper management that says: No, it’s too dangerous right there and we’re going to cause an international incident if there’s shooting across the line, back and forth,” said Dever.
“Well, I say: Come, bring it on. Let’s cause the international incident,” he said.
5 comments:
Yeeeee Hawwwwww saddle up them horses boys let's get r done.
Send the troops down there to protect the border with tanks if necessary. Heavily armed foreigners are controlling U.S. territory. Who cares if there is an incident, we have been invaded by armed drug running foriegners.
The federal government's PRIMARY responsibility is to provide for the security of the nation...and THIS is the best job they can do??? Our own police officers are afraid to patrol in OUR OWN COUNTRY??? Its a disgrace and a disgusting state of affairs...
Pancho Villa invaded US Territory back in the early 20's-- We sent troops led by General Pershing and kicked their ass! What wusses, we have superior fire power, technology, and manpower, why not just do their job?
"Too dangerous"??????
How's that Afghanistan thing going for us, then? Gosh, it must be really safe enough for us to get out of there now.
Send those troops to the border so we have enough to MAKE it safe!
Is our Commander in Chief telling us that our military is made up of a bunch of pussies????
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