Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
I just don't see how you can say that.....have you read what has been happening along the border with Mexico.
this:
Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employed the US Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support of the Nation—from outright war, to patrolling the border, to chasing bandits while securing persons and property on both sides of the border, and most recently to supporting civil law enforcement and antidrug efforts.
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Two very different nations that share a border that's been bloody for its entire existence. Yes, things are different today -- but not really all that much.