January 9, 2007

As America debates what direction to take in the war in Iraq, another war is raging on its southern border.

Last week, gunman from the Mexican side of the Arizona border attacked unarmed U.S. National Guard troops manning an observation post. Unable to defend themselves or to apprehend illegal border crossers due to onerous restrictions placed on their activity, the troops retreated and the gunmen escaped back into Mexico.

If this isn’t an act of war, it’s hard to imagine what is.

Furthermore, it’s not the first time that something like this has happened. U.S. Border Patrol agents, as well as civilians caught in the crossfire, have found themselves under attack by armed members of Mexican drug cartels, gangs, human traffickers and the Mexican military itself on a number of occasions. This conflict has been escalating for some time now and as this latest skirmish suggests, there is no end in sight.

Whether it be illegal immigration, human trafficking, drug smuggling, gang activity or the outright aggression from its "neighbor" to the south, American sovereignty is clearly under attack. For a nation that cannot control its borders will not long remain a nation.

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