Janet Napolitano: Ignorant or Racially Biased
The facts of the reports are in. The violence in Mexico is spilling into America. Phoenix is the kidnapping capitol of America now. The drug violence is rising at an alarming rate. Illegals make up over 80% of the crime this country now suffers from. (although to not be accused of being a racist here. Kudos to the white boys for making up the majority of financial theft, Madoff and Stafford, etc etc.)
The question is simple that I ask. The FBI, national security reports and assessments all say that Mexico is a danger to this country at the moment. So why then does the Sec. of Homeland Defense say this is not true? That the violence has not spilled into this country. Is she simply ignoring the reports or just not listening to the facts?
If one takes a close look at her time as Governor of Arizona one can come to the conclusion that she is racially biased on this and refuses to look at the facts. Why? Because she supports open borders and amnesty for illegals.
Federal authorities say more that $14 billion in illegal drugs are smuggled into the U.S. every year through Mexico. A crime, one that often includes violent acts. Phoenix, the capital city of Napolitano's home state of Arizona, recorded 370 kidnappings last year, placing it only second to Mexico City worldwide, though it wasn't immediately clear how many of the kidnappings can be traced to Mexican drug activity. But the fact that an over whelming amount of victims are Hispanic, and a large portion have connections to the drug and human trafficking problems.
"Right now it has not (crossed the border). But it is a contingency we have in mind because it could," the former Arizona governor told reporters. "We have contingency plans should violence spread into the United States."
Evwen though documented acts of high aggresive violence against border patrol agents, and law enforcemnet along the border has increased, remember that it has not spread yet to this country.
"What we have seen in Mexico is a very sobering trend. ... At the current pace, for 2009 we are looking at something in the area of 8,000 dead. It is a carnage that is alarming already," Ted Carpenter, a Cato Institute foreign policy expert, said at a forum Thursday. "Mexico has already displaced Colombia as the kidnapping capital of the world ... and the violence is spilling across the border into the United States. American citizens, including law enforcement personnel, have been targeted by the drug cartels for assassination."
Even more alarming, the U.S. Joint Forces Command said in recent report. Yet another report that Napolitano does not believe in. That Mexico rivals Pakistan as the country most at risk of collapse. The report said Mexico's "politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels. ... Any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone." This is not just reminiscent of Columbia during the 70's and 80's , but a repeat of history with a learning curve by the Mexican drug Cartels.
For their part, Texas authorities are preparing contingency plans for the worst-case scenario -- hundreds of thousands of Mexican refugees attempting to head north to escape the violence. The economic consequences of collapse are immense with trade between the two countries totaling $368 billion last year. Mexico also is the top supplier to the U.S. of crude oil. Something that the current administration does not seem to care about in making us more independent of.
Janet Napolitano's record as a leader is definitely lacking. Her time as Arizona governor shows a band aid attempt to securing and protecting the border. Her attempts were nothing more then a political gesture to appease some and white wash the truth of problems along the border. She continually hindered any attempt to stem the tide of violence along the border and ignored the citizens of Arizona.
Another brilliant appointee to the Obama cabinet of incompetence.
The question is simple that I ask. The FBI, national security reports and assessments all say that Mexico is a danger to this country at the moment. So why then does the Sec. of Homeland Defense say this is not true? That the violence has not spilled into this country. Is she simply ignoring the reports or just not listening to the facts?
If one takes a close look at her time as Governor of Arizona one can come to the conclusion that she is racially biased on this and refuses to look at the facts. Why? Because she supports open borders and amnesty for illegals.
Federal authorities say more that $14 billion in illegal drugs are smuggled into the U.S. every year through Mexico. A crime, one that often includes violent acts. Phoenix, the capital city of Napolitano's home state of Arizona, recorded 370 kidnappings last year, placing it only second to Mexico City worldwide, though it wasn't immediately clear how many of the kidnappings can be traced to Mexican drug activity. But the fact that an over whelming amount of victims are Hispanic, and a large portion have connections to the drug and human trafficking problems.
"Right now it has not (crossed the border). But it is a contingency we have in mind because it could," the former Arizona governor told reporters. "We have contingency plans should violence spread into the United States."
Evwen though documented acts of high aggresive violence against border patrol agents, and law enforcemnet along the border has increased, remember that it has not spread yet to this country.
"What we have seen in Mexico is a very sobering trend. ... At the current pace, for 2009 we are looking at something in the area of 8,000 dead. It is a carnage that is alarming already," Ted Carpenter, a Cato Institute foreign policy expert, said at a forum Thursday. "Mexico has already displaced Colombia as the kidnapping capital of the world ... and the violence is spilling across the border into the United States. American citizens, including law enforcement personnel, have been targeted by the drug cartels for assassination."
Even more alarming, the U.S. Joint Forces Command said in recent report. Yet another report that Napolitano does not believe in. That Mexico rivals Pakistan as the country most at risk of collapse. The report said Mexico's "politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels. ... Any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone." This is not just reminiscent of Columbia during the 70's and 80's , but a repeat of history with a learning curve by the Mexican drug Cartels.
For their part, Texas authorities are preparing contingency plans for the worst-case scenario -- hundreds of thousands of Mexican refugees attempting to head north to escape the violence. The economic consequences of collapse are immense with trade between the two countries totaling $368 billion last year. Mexico also is the top supplier to the U.S. of crude oil. Something that the current administration does not seem to care about in making us more independent of.
Janet Napolitano's record as a leader is definitely lacking. Her time as Arizona governor shows a band aid attempt to securing and protecting the border. Her attempts were nothing more then a political gesture to appease some and white wash the truth of problems along the border. She continually hindered any attempt to stem the tide of violence along the border and ignored the citizens of Arizona.
Another brilliant appointee to the Obama cabinet of incompetence.
