WestVirginiaRebel Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 TBO.com:EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that U.S. communities on the border with Mexico are safer than most Americans believe, but also warned Mexican drug cartels they'll be "met by an overwhelming response" should they move north.Napolitano told an audience at the University of Texas at El Paso - just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez and the unprecedented wave of drug-fueled violence engulfing it - that it's "inaccurate to state, as too many have, that the border is overrun with violence and out of control.""This statement, often made only to score political points, is just plain wrong," said Napolitano, who was governor of Arizona before being confirmed as Homeland Security secretary in 2009.Napolitano said violent crime has not spiked in U.S. communities across the roughly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. But the secretary also recognized that guarding against spillover from Mexican drug violence is an ongoing concern."Today I say to the cartels: Don't even think about bringing your violence and tactics across this border. You will be met by an overwhelming response," she said. "And we're going to continue to work with our partners in Mexico to dismantle and defeat you."________If she really wants to scare off the drug cartels and smugglers, she should just send TSA screeners to the border to make life as miserable for them as they have for everyone else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRimmer Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Napolitano is sounding more and more like Neville Chamberlain. He declared we had "Peace in our time!" right before Hitler invaded Poland. Another similarity that come to mind is Kevin Bacon as the ROTC cadet screaming "ALL IS WELL!!!" right before he's stampeded by the crowd in 'Animal House'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Janet Incompetano makes Bush's "Katrina Brownie" look like a saintly intellectual patriot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 SrWoodchuck'! You quipster you. Janet Incompetano makes Bush's "Katrina Brownie" look like a saintly intellectual patriot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Has the 0 ever gone anywhere near the border? Wonder what he is afraid of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Casino67! Some guy trying to get in illegally might recognize him??? Hey, Baraq ! Has the 0 ever gone anywhere near the border? Wonder what he is afraid of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Sure he has... Taco Bell "Make a run for the border" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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