Alternatively, the author might consider that the M16 rifle and M4 carbine speak a universal language. If the government is not prepared to use deadly force against illegal border crossers who ignore its commands, then patrolling the border is a waste of time and money. To my knowledge, no invasion has ever been stopped without deadly force, but I humbly ask anyone who knows of such an instance to enlighten me.

http://www.g2mil.com/border.htm

a) the military can halt illegal immigration when and where it truly wishes to do so, or,

b) the government takes much less interest in defending America from invasion than in fighting its pointless wars in the sandbox, or,

c) the government takes much more interest in the protection of illegal aliens bucking for a Darwin Award than in the protection of American citizens, or,

d) a, b, and c.

I believe that the correct answer is d.

“It’s ugly” – so paint pin-ups on the wall! This is not a tourist spot!

“It won’t work” – well, it does in Israel. It worked the opposite way in Eastern Europe.

But mostly, the objections are from those who want the unlimited, lawless flood to keep coming into the country. Yes, it will not stop everyone such as all those Canadians flooding over from the other side (all 100 of them!) or someone arriving in a Kon-tiki raft. But rather than try, our Obama and most Republicrats talk of amnesty (which only provides even more incentive to cross), refuse to pass a national version of Proposition 187, and denounce Arizona for complying with federal law.

You write:

“What of ‘Posse Comitatus‘? I’m not sure.”

Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that that’s the reason the troops will engage in “intelligence, surveillance and training” rather than “law enforcement.”

The dodge is at least 20 years old. It was in use back when I worked Joint Task Force Six “counter-narcotics” missions; some other JTF-6 missions were “border security” instead.

The way it works is this: A military unit goes to the designated area for “training.” They establish liaison with local law enforcement, then they start running infantry patrols and such … essentially the same kind of training they’d be doing back at their home base.

The difference is that if these troops stumble on a patch of marijuana or an immigrant moving north or whatever, the law enforcement folks are instantly available. Someone is waiting monitoring that radio frequency or waiting for that phone call.

As to whether or not an entrepreneur attempting LEAVE the country is an “invader” subject to attempted execution by lying thugs like Ramos and Compean, well, I guess that’s a different subject.