What is it with these chickenhawks? All their solutions seem to come from the advice of the Christian Almighty and "shootin’" people. "Shootin'" people is no longer the only foreign policy solution.
Stressed out troops will be under federal authority instead of under the governor’s authority as it should be when it comes to law enforcement. As usual our Chickenhawk in Chief is set to provoke another war. This one against poor civilians trying to find a better life. Of course, these poor may not realize they won’t find a better life in the US any more than they could in Mexico. The elite in Mexico are doing the same as the elite in the US are doing to their poor.
A reminder: In 1997, a Marine corporal deployed in the Mexico border area shot and killed Esequiel Hernandez, an 18-year-old goat herder. The incident led to a congressional review that criticized the Justice Department's handling of the case and ended the Marines' involvement in policing the border.
Now with six to ten thousand stressed out troops on the Mexico border we can expect a few incidents similar to the killing of civilians in Iraq by Marines for revenge.