Attack from Mexico

 

 

"This poison, which flows across our southern border like the River Styx, is killing our young people by the thousands..."

Imagine if you will, a group of thugs taking over a border town in Mexico. Then imagine if they obtained some simple, yet deadly rockets. They would launch their rockets at one of our border cities. They did not care where they hit, or who they killed. Many of the rockets would land in school yards and kill our teenagers. And what did the good people of this country do about it? Not much.

Much has been said about our southern border as of late. We have found out it is so "impenetrable" that young, unaccompanied kids from Central America can daily breach it. It is a gateway to many who do not have our country's best interest at heart. Illegal aliens, terrorists, and drug runners. Many think our almost open border policy, is an unintended consequence of NAFTA. That subject of course, is up for debate.

However, one thing is crystal clear. The Mexican drug cartels have declared war on American youth. They can deliver their poison over our porous borders and then directly into our cities. This is no different than having a rocket land in a schoolyard. Every year, tens of thousands of young people, from every corner of our nation, suffer and die from the effects of opiates. And the one which has recently been the drug of choice, is black tar heroin.

It is a perfect combination. In this country, we have a southern border we refuse to control. We also have kids who like to play with the devil by experimenting with "gateway drugs". In Mexico, you have a weak and corrupt government. Finally, you have drug cartels who are highly organized and know how to "get product to the market" - regardless of the human cost of doing so.

With the almost 30,000 that die every year from opiate overdosing, what is not reported is this: Every year we also have 22% who experience a near fatal drug experience. Where the user is within a whisker of not waking up. As the drugs get stronger (and yes, the new drugs are very strong), it becomes easier for a user to accidentally "step over the line". If help is not nearby, "stepping over the line" often times becomes end of the line for the user.

For the life of me, I don't understand why our country puts up with this. Shut the southern border down. Those who cross may do so only with the most rigorous inspection. BUILD THE DAMN FENCE! No more talk. No more excuses. No more hyperbole. Just build it. Increase the punishment for selling this poison to our kids. 20 years in a Federal Pen. No parole, no exceptions. NO MORE AID TO MEXICO until they can get their cartels under control.

Our southern border is a mess of the highest magnitude. To me, this should be a state of emergency. The National Guard should be activated to patrol it until a permanent solution is found and implemented. This is a mess, a clear and present danger to our country, that does not need to be so.