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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Border governors worried about National Guard pullout Border governors worried about National Guard pullout By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Fri Jun 20, 3:01 PM ET McALLEN, Texas - The thousands of National Guardsmen sent to reinforce the U.S.-Mexican border two years ago have almost completely withdrawn, despite pleas from border-state governors once skeptical of using soldiers to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. ADVERTISEMENT When the Guard was posted along the southern frontier in 2006 to help the strapped Border Patrol, critics warned that sending soldiers would be an insult to Mexico and that innocents could get shot by troops trained for combat, not law enforcement. But none of that happened, and now those worries have given way to fears that a bloody drug-cartel war on the Mexican side will spill into the U.S. and overwhelm the Border Patrol. The four border-state governors who contributed the bulk of the troops have tried in vain to persuade Congress and the White House to extend the Guard's presence, which will end as scheduled on July 15. "Until Border Patrol has all its new boots on the ground, there's going to be a vulnerability," said Pahl Shipley, spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. The Border Patrol said the National Guard force, which reached a peak of 6,000 before diminishing last year, bought it enough time to hire and train more agents. The patrol expressed confidence that it can hold the line on its own. "We're fine taking over. It's all part of our plan," said Border Patrol spokesman Lloyd Easterling. Only a few hundred Guardsmen are left on the border, most of them finishing up construction projects in Arizona and New Mexico. The Guardsmen were sent in a support role, not to seize illegal immigrants and smugglers. They used helicopters and night-vision gear to watch for people trying to slip across the border, then told Border Patrol agents where to find them. They also built roads and fences. The Border Patrol's ranks have swelled by nearly 5,000 since the beginning of Operation Jump Start, reaching more than 16,400. But the Border Patrol is still short of the 18,000-agent goal set for the end of the year. And border-state officials note those numbers include new hires who are not necessarily in place along the border yet. Also, drug violence is surging in Mexican border areas, and "we certainly don't want that to spill across the border," Shipley said. In late April, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano joined Richardson in signing a letter to Capitol Hill leaders begging them to extend the National Guard's presence.
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"This is one of the most expensive dog-and-pony shows dreamed up by the Washington establishment in recent history. Imagine using trained troops on the US border unarmed and prohibited from taking action. It's a scam," says Mike Baker, a political analyst. ........ The Border Patrol said the National Guard force, which reached a peak of 6,000 before diminishing last year, bought it enough time to hire and train more agents. The patrol expressed confidence that it can hold the line on its own. "We're fine taking over. It's all part of our plan," said Border Patrol spokesman Lloyd Easterling. bit of a double entendre there: Eze 38:10 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages [ http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Zec/Zec002.html#4 ]; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited, and upon the people [that are] gathered out of the nations [ www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eze/Eze020.html#34 ... Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Eze 38:14 ¶ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel [ http://www.geocities.com/Athens/..._Church_Is_Israel_Now.htm ] dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know [it]? Eze 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north [ http://cf.blueletterbible.org/la....cfm?Strongs=H06828&t=kjv / ohr.edu/seasons/5759/teves.htm / http://www.watch.pair.com/dan.html / http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Num/Num002.html#25 / http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Psa/Psa048.html#2 .... / http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Psa/48/2.html] parts [ http://cf.blueletterbible.org/la....cfm?Strongs=H03411&t=kjv ] , thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: Eze 38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog [ http://www.texemarrs.com/042008/gog_magog_scroll_of_bush.htm ], before their eyes....... [ http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eze/Eze020.html#42 ] http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eze/Eze038.html#10
"....The United States of America is the nationality that is promised in the prophetic Scriptures to arise in the latter times as Israel Restored. It has long been a favorite theory, both with Jewish and Christian writers, that the nationality to be gathered together in the latter days, was understood to mean the returned or restoration of the scattered sons of Abraham to the land of Palestine. We are not surprised at the confidence with which this opinion has been entertained from age to age, because it is a legitimate a priori interpretation, seeing this nationality is called "Israel" by the prophets. In a conversation had with a venerable Bishop of the Episcopal Church, he inquired of us: "Sir, by what construction of language do you make the great nationality, promised to arise in the latter times, to mean the United States? That the Bible authorizes us to expect such a nationality there can be no doubt; but how do you make out that nationality to be the United States of America, as it was promised to be Israel?" To which we replied: "Beloved Bishop, the predictions of the prophets are put up in Hebrew dress; the regalia is Mosaic, the custom is Israelitish. They did not say, friends of civil and religious liberty, Americans, or even Christians; but they used the best terms they had on hand: they said 'Israel.'" ......." A DEFENSE OF ARMAGEDDON or Our Great Country Foretold In The Holy Scriptures By F. E. PITTS
In two discourses delivered in the capitol of the United States, at the request of several members of Congress, on the anniversary of Washington's birthday in 1857. http://www.originofnations.org/old_bi_literature/Pitts.htm
www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rev/Rev020.html#9
bible.cc/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm I guess it's coming.
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